foul
an act that violates the rules of a sport
• Topics:
sport, athletics
• Hypernyms:
violation, infringement
• Hyponyms:
foul ball, personal foul, technical foul, technical
1. hit a foul ball (Freq. 1)
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Hypernyms:
hit
• Hyponyms:
foul out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. make impure (Freq. 1)
- The industrial wastes polluted the lake
• Syn:
pollute, contaminate
• Derivationally related forms:
contaminative (for: contaminate), contamination (for: contaminate), contaminant (for: contaminate), pollution (for: pollute), polluter (for: pollute), pollutant (for: pollute)
• Hypernyms:
dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
• Hyponyms:
infect, taint
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. become or cause to become obstructed
- The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
- The water pipe is backed up
• Syn:
clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke
• Ant:
unclog (for: clog)
• Derivationally related forms:
congestive (for: congest), congestion (for: congest), backup (for: back up), clog (for: clog)
• Hypernyms:
obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam,
block, close up
• Hyponyms:
gum up, crap up, stuff, lug, choke up,
block, silt up, silt
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. commit a foul;
break the rules
• Hypernyms:
play
• Hyponyms:
hack
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
5. spot, stain, or pollute
- The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
• Syn:
befoul, defile, maculate
• Derivationally related forms:
macula (for: maculate), maculation (for: maculate), defilement (for: defile), defiler (for: defile), befoulment (for: befoul)
• Hypernyms:
dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
6. make unclean
- foul the water
• Hypernyms:
dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
7. become soiled and dirty
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
1. highly offensive;
arousing aversion or disgust (Freq. 1)
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
• Syn:
disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, loathly, loathsome,
loathsome, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky,
wicked, yucky
• Similar to:
offensive
• Derivationally related forms:
wickedness (for: wicked), skank (for: skanky), repel (for: repellant), repel (for: repellent), loathsomeness (for: loathsome), distastefulness (for: distasteful), disgustingness (for: disgusting)
2. violating accepted standards or rules (Freq. 1)
- a dirty fighter
- used foul means to gain power
- a nasty unsporting serve
- fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
• Syn:
cheating, dirty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
• Similar to:
unfair, unjust
• Derivationally related forms:
foulness
3. offensively malodorous (Freq. 1)
- a foul odor
- the kitchen smelled really funky
• Syn:
fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, funky, noisome,
smelly, stinking, ill-scented
• Similar to:
malodorous, malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling, stinky
• Derivationally related forms:
smell (for: smelly), noisomeness (for: noisome), foulness, fetidness (for: fetid)
4. (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
• Ant:
fair
• Similar to:
out-of-bounds
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
5. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- foul (or dirty) copy
• Syn:
dirty, marked-up
• Similar to:
illegible
6. especially of a ship's lines etc
- with its sails afoul
- a foul anchor
• Syn:
afoul, fouled
• Similar to:
tangled
7. disgustingly dirty;
filled or smeared with offensive matter
- as filthy as a pigsty
- a foul pond
- a nasty pigsty of a room
• Syn:
filthy, nasty
• Similar to:
dirty, soiled, unclean
• Derivationally related forms:
nastiness (for: nasty), foulness, filth (for: filthy), filthiness (for: filthy)
8. characterized by obscenity
- had a filthy mouth
- foul language
- smutty jokes
• Syn:
cruddy, filthy, nasty, smutty
• Similar to:
dirty
• Derivationally related forms:
smuttiness (for: smutty), smut (for: smutty), nastiness (for: nasty), filth (for: filthy), filthiness (for: filthy)
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