foul – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: violation,
bemire,
begrime,
soil,
obstruct,
close up,
block,
obturate,
dishonour,
shame,
dishonor
foul
adj.
disgusting; morally offensive; filthy, dirty; clogged; unfavorable (weather); obscene (language); contrary to the rules (Sports); entangled (rope)
n.
violation of a rule, breaking of a rule (Sports); collision, crash
v.
violate a rule (Sports); make dirty, pollute; become dirty, become polluted collide with; defile, make unholy; be defiled
Foul
Foul may refer to:
In sports
- Foul (sports), an unfair or illegal sports act, including:
- Foul (association football), in football (soccer), an unfair act by a player as deemed by the referee
- Professional foul, in football (soccer) or rugby, a deliberate act of foul play, usually to prevent an opponent scoring
- Foul (basketball), a breach of the rules that concerns illegal personal contact with an opponent
- Foul ball, in baseball, a batted ball that lands in foul territory
- Foul (fanzine), a 1970s British football fanzine
foul
Noun
1. an act that violates of the rules of a sport
(hypernym) violation, infringement
(hyponym) foul ball
(classification) sport, athletics
Verb
1. hit a foul ball
(hypernym) hit
(hyponym) foul out
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
2. make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
(synonym) pollute, contaminate
(hypernym) dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
(hyponym) infect, taint
3. become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
(synonym) clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke
(hypernym) obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
(hyponym) gum up
4. commit a foul; break the rules
(hypernym) play
(hyponym) hack
5. spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
(synonym) befoul, defile, maculate
(hypernym) dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame
6. make unclean; "foul the water"
(hypernym) dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
7. become soiled and dirty
(hypernym) change
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
(similar) offensive
2. offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell"
(synonym) fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, putrid, stinking
(similar) malodorous, malodourous
3. violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
(synonym) cheating(a), dirty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
(similar) unfair, unjust
4. (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
(antonym) fair
(similar) out-of-bounds
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
5. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
(synonym) dirty, marked-up
(similar) illegible
6. thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having"
(synonym) filthy, nasty, vile
(similar) inclement
(classification) colloquialism
7. characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
(synonym) filthy, nasty, smutty
(similar) dirty
8. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
(synonym) filthy, nasty
(similar) dirty, soiled, unclean
9. especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
(synonym) afoul(ip), fouled
(similar) tangled
foul
adj.
foul, violation of a rule, breaking of a rule (Sports)
foulen
v.
foul, violate a rule (Sports)
foul
nm.
(Latin America) foul, breaking of a rule (Sports)
