foul

adjective

• 1offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being unpleasantly soiled:a foul odor his foul breath
• informal very disagreeable or unpleasant:the news had put Michelle in a foul mood
• (of the weather) wet and stormy.
• Sailing (of wind or tide) opposed to one’s desired course.

• 2wicked or immoral:murder most foul
• (of language) obscene or profane.
• done contrary to the rules of a sport:a foul tackle

• 3containing or charged with noxious matter; polluted:foul, swampy water
• [predic.] (foul with) clogged or choked with:the land was foul with weeds
• Nautical (of a rope or anchor) entangled.
• (of a ship’s bottom) encrusted with algae, barnacles, or other marine growth.
• Printing (of a first copy or proof) defaced by corrections.

noun

• 1(in sports) an unfair or invalid stroke or piece of play, especially one involving interference with an opponent.
• a collision or entanglement in riding, rowing, or running.
• short for foul ball.

• 2 informal dated a disease in the feet of cattle.

adverb

• unfairly; contrary to the rules.
• (in sports) in foul territory:if a batter hits a bunt foul with two strikes, he is out

verb

• 1make foul or dirty; pollute:factories that fouled the atmosphere
• disgrace or dishonor.
• (of an animal) make (something) dirty with excrement:make sure that your pet never fouls the sidewalk
• (foul oneself) (of a person) defecate involuntarily.

• 2(in sports) commit a foul against (an opponent).
• Baseball hit a foul ball:Carter fouled into the glove of Boggs

• 3(of a ship) collide with or interfere with the passage of (another).
• cause (a cable, anchor, or other object) to become entangled or jammed:watch out for driftwood which might foul up the engine
• [no object] become entangled or jammed:we feared the anchor would foul in the heavy grasses