| foul | | |
| n. (act) | 1. foul | an act that violates the rules of a sport. |
| ~ foul ball | (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ infringement, violation | an act that disregards an agreement or a right.; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment" |
| ~ personal foul | a foul that involves unnecessarily rough contact (as in basketball or football). |
| ~ technical foul, technical | (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play. |
| v. (competition) | 2. foul | hit a foul ball. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ foul out | baseball: hit a ball such that it is caught from an out in foul territory. |
| ~ hit | cause to move by striking.; "hit a ball" |
| v. (change) | 3. contaminate, foul, pollute | make impure.; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" |
| ~ infect, taint | contaminate with a disease or microorganism. |
| ~ begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil | make soiled, filthy, or dirty.; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" |
| v. (contact) | 4. back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul | become or cause to become obstructed.; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" |
| ~ gum up | stick together as if with gum.; "the inside of the pipe has gummed up" |
| ~ obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block | block passage through.; "obstruct the path" |
| ~ crap up | become obstructed or chocked up.; "The drains clogged up" |
| ~ choke up, lug, stuff, block | obstruct.; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" |
| ~ silt, silt up | become chocked with silt.; "The river silted up" |
| v. (competition) | 5. foul | commit a foul; break the rules. |
| ~ play | participate in games or sport.; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
| ~ hack | kick on the shins. |
| ~ hack | kick on the arms. |
| v. (change) | 6. befoul, defile, foul, maculate | spot, stain, or pollute.; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" |
| ~ attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame | bring shame or dishonor upon.; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime" |
| v. (change) | 7. foul | make unclean.; "foul the water" |
| ~ begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil | make soiled, filthy, or dirty.; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" |
| v. (change) | 8. foul | become soiled and dirty. |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| adj. | 9. disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky | highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" |
| ~ offensive | unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses.; "offensive odors" |
| adj. | 10. fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking | offensively malodorous.; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky" |
| ~ ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling | having an unpleasant smell. |
| adj. | 11. cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike | violating accepted standards or rules.; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" |
| ~ unfair, unjust | not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception.; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage" |
| adj. | 12. foul | (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ out-of-bounds | outside the foul lines. |
| adj. | 13. dirty, foul, marked-up | (of a manuscript) defaced with changes.; "foul (or dirty) copy" |
| ~ illegible | (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible.; "illegible handwriting" |
| adj. | 14. cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty | characterized by obscenity.; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" |
| ~ dirty | (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency.; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth" |
| adj. | 15. filthy, foul, nasty | disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter.; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room" |
| ~ dirty, soiled, unclean | soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime.; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" |
| adj. | 16. afoul, foul, fouled | especially of a ship's lines etc.; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor" |
| ~ tangled | in a confused mass.; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes" |
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