a : offensive to the senses : loathsome the foul odor of rotten eggs b : filled or covered with offensive matter foul bins of filth 2 : being odorous and impure : polluted foul air 3 a : morally or spiritually odious : detestable a foul crime b : notably unpleasant or...
a•foul (əˈfaʊl) adv.,adj. in a state of collision or entanglement:a ship with its shrouds afoul. Idioms: runorcomeorfall afoul of, a.to become entangled with:The boat ran afoul of the seaweed. b.to come into conflict with. ...
Related to foul:foul ball fall [fawl] a coming down freely, usually under the influence of gravity. risk for f'sanursing diagnosisaccepted by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, defined as increased susceptibility to falling that may cause physical harm. ...
Define fouls. fouls synonyms, fouls pronunciation, fouls translation, English dictionary definition of fouls. unfair; unclean; rotten; grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome: a foul smell; unfavorable: foul weather Not to be confused wit
foullanguage 5 a :being wet and stormy foulweather b :obstructive to navigation afoultide 6 a :treacherous,dishonorable fair means orfoul b :constituting an infringement (seeinfringesense 1) of rules in a game or sport afoulblow in boxing ...
a foul-mouthed racistTopics Personal qualitiesc2 Want to learn more? Find out which words work together and produce more natural-sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app. See foul-mouthed in the Oxfor...
Baseball.into foul territory; so as to be foul: It looked like a homer when he hit it, but it went foul. noun something that is foul. a collision or entanglement: a foul between two racing sculls. a violation of the rules of a sport or game: ...
to clothe (a person) with fur. to coat with foul or deposited matter. fur. 2 abbreviation for furlong; furlongs. Discover More Other Words From fur lessadjective Discover More Word History and Origins Origin offur1 First recorded in1300–50;Middle Englishfurre(noun), derivative offurren“to...
Fairisfoulandfoulisfair. Now, this next quote, from Aeschylus, is an example of chiasmus, but not of antimetabole, because each inverted clause has a different grammatical structure: It is not theoaththat makes us believe theman, but themantheoath. ...
Kills bugs dead. Redundancy is syntactical overkill. A pin-prick of peace at the end of the tunnel of a nightmare night in a roach motel. Their noise infects the dream. In black kitchens they foul the food, walk on our bodies as we sleep over oceans of pirate flags. Skull and crossbo...