foul

1. n. A bird. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. superl. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language. Source: opted

4. superl. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. Source: opted

5. superl. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease. Source: opted

6. superl. Ugly; homely; poor. Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

8. superl. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play. Source: opted

9. 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. Source: opted

10. v. t. To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire. Source: opted

11. v. t. To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing. Source: opted

12. v. t. To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles. Source: opted

13. 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. Source: opted

14. v. i. To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun. Source: opted

15. v. i. To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled. Source: opted

16. n. An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race. Source: opted

17. n. See Foul ball, under Foul, a. Source: opted

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