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Meaning Of Foul
n.
A bird.
superl.
Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is
injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not
clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul
chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with
barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with
polluted water.
superl.
Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words;
foul language.
superl.
Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched.
superl.
Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
superl.
Ugly; homely; poor.
superl.
Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous;
as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; --
said of the weather, sky, etc.
superl.
Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a
game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating;
as, foul play.
superl.
Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or
entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may
get foul while paying it out.
v. t.
To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as,
to foul the face or hands with mire.
v. t.
To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the
process of firing.
v. t.
To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its
sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.
v. t.
To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or
cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat
fouled the other in a race.
v. i.
To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of
firing, as a gun.
v. i.
To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with
something; as, the two boats fouled.