FOUL — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
foul
An act that violates of the rules of a sport.
Become soiled and dirty.
Make unclean.
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- Foul the water.
Spot, stain, or pollute.
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- The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it.
Make impure.
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- The industrial wastes polluted the lake.
Commit a foul; break the rules.
Hit a foul ball.
Become or cause to become obstructed.
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- The leaves clog our drains in the Fall.
- The water pipe is backed up.
Especially of a ship's lines etc.
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- With its sails afoul.
- A foul anchor.
Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter.
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- As filthy as a pigsty.
- A foul pond.
- A nasty pigsty of a room.
Characterized by obscenity.
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- Had a filthy mouth.
- Foul language.
- Smutty jokes.
Thoroughly unpleasant.
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- Filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having.
(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines.
Violating accepted standards or rules.
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- A dirty fighter.
- Used foul means to gain power.
- A nasty unsporting serve.
- Fined for unsportsmanlike behavior.
Offensively malodorous.
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- A putrid smell.
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes.
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- Foul (or dirty) copy.
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
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- A disgusting smell.
- Distasteful language.
- A loathsome disease.
- The idea of eating meat is repellent to me.
- Revolting food.
- A wicked stench.
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