foul

/faul/
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foul

The batter hit a foul ball into the stands.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Offensive to the senses; disgusting: Describes something that has a very unpleasant smell, taste, or appearance.
    • Morally offensive; wicked: Describes actions, language, or thoughts that are considered very bad, unfair, or against accepted standards.
    • Containing dirt or impurities; polluted: Describes something that is dirty, contaminated, or not clean.
    • In sports, violating the rules: Describes an action in a game that is illegal or against the rules.
    • Unpleasant or stormy: Describes bad weather conditions.
    • Clogged or entangled: Describes something that is blocked or tangled.

  2. Noun:

    • An action in sports that breaks the rules: An illegal move or play in a game.
    • Something offensive or disgusting: An instance of something being foul.

  3. Verb:

    • To make dirty or polluted: To contaminate or soil something.
    • To commit a foul in sports: To break the rules of a game.
    • To become clogged or entangled: To become blocked or tangled.
    • To hit a foul ball in baseball: To hit the ball outside the legal playing area.
Examples of Usage

  • Adjective:

    • There was a foul odor coming from the drain.
    • He was accused of using foul means to win the election.
    • The factory was fined for dumping waste into the foul water.
    • The referee called a foul on the defender.
    • We had to cancel the picnic due to foul weather.

  • Noun:

    • The player was ejected after committing a flagrant foul.
    • The air in the room was a foul.

  • Verb:

    • Industrial chemicals have fouled the river.
    • The basketball player fouled his opponent while trying to steal the ball.
    • The anchor line fouled on the rocks.
    • The batter fouled the pitch into the stands.
Advanced Usage
  • "to cry foul": To complain that something is unfair or dishonest.
    • The losing team cried foul, claiming the referee was biased.
  • "by fair means or foul": Using any method possible, whether honest or dishonest.
    • He was determined to win the contract by fair means or foul.
  • "foul play": Unlawful or violent activity, especially murder.
    • The police suspected foul play in his disappearance.
Variants and Related Words
  • Foully (adverb): In a wicked or disgraceful manner.
    • He was foully murdered.
  • Foulness (noun): The state or quality of being foul.
    • The foulness of the air made it hard to breathe.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Disgusting, filthy, nasty, polluted, dirty, offensive, putrid, rotten, unfair, illegal.
  • Verb: Contaminate, pollute, soil, dirty, clog, entangle.
  • Noun: Infraction, violation.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Foul up (verb): To make a mistake; to cause something to fail or become confused.
    • I completely fouled up the presentation by forgetting my notes.
    • A computer error fouled up the payroll system.
Related Idioms
  • Fall foul of (someone/something): To come into conflict with or get into trouble with a person, rule, or law.
    • The company fell foul of new environmental regulations.
  • Foul one's own nest: To damage one's own reputation, home, or interests through one's actions.
    • By spreading rumors about his colleagues, he was just fouling his own nest.
foul

The batter hit a foul ball into the stands.

Adjective
  1. especially of a ship's lines etc
    • with its sails afoul
    • a foul anchor
  2. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
    • as filthy as a pigsty
    • a foul pond
    • a nasty pigsty of a room
  3. characterized by obscenity
    • had a filthy mouth
    • foul language
    • smutty jokes
  4. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
    • foul (or dirty) copy
  5. (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
  6. violating accepted standards or rules
    • a dirty fighter
    • used foul means to gain power
    • a nasty unsporting serve
    • fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
  7. offensively malodorous
    • a foul odor
    • the kitchen smelled really funky
  8. 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
Noun
  1. an act that violates the rules of a sport
Verb
  1. become soiled and dirty
  2. make unclean
    • foul the water
  3. spot, stain, or pollute
    • The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
  4. commit a foul; break the rules
  5. become or cause to become obstructed
    • The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
    • The water pipe is backed up
  6. make impure
    • The industrial wastes polluted the lake
  7. hit a foul ball

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