especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
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"
offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell"
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
(informal) thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having"
(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
become foul or dirty
make foul; "foul the water"
commit a foul; break the rules
hit a foul ball, in baseball
spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
(in baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the foul lines on the playing field
make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
an act that violates of the rules of a sport
become soiled and dirty
make unclean; "foul the water"
hit a foul ball
especially of a ship''s lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we''re having"
an act that violates the rules of a sport
make unclean
spot, stain, or pollute
make impure
become or cause to become obstructed
especially of a ship's lines etc
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
