Foul



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• adj. 恶臭的; 邪恶的; v. 弄脏; n. ( 体育等) 犯规
• ［英］ adj. 恶臭的 ( stinking; loathsome) ; 邪恶的 ( very wicked) ; v. 弄脏 ( soil; defile) ; n. ( 体育等) 犯规 ( an infraction of the rules, as of a game or sport)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fūl; akin to Old High German fūl rotten, Latin pus pus, putēre to stink, Greek pyon pus
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. offensive to the senses ; loathsome
  • b. filled or covered with offensive matter
• 2. full of dirt or mud
• 3.
  • a. morally or spiritually odious ; detestable <a foul crime>
  • b. notably unpleasant or distressing ; wretched, horrid <in a foul mood>
• 4. obscene, abusive <foul language>
• 5.
  • a. being wet and stormy
  • b. obstructive to navigation <a foul tide>
• 6. dialect British homely, ugly
• 7.
  • a. treacherous, dishonorable <fair means or foul>
  • b. constituting an infringement of rules in a game or sport <a foul blow in boxing>
• 8. containing marked-up corrections <a foul manuscript><foul proofs>
• 9. encrusted, clogged, or choked with a foreign substance <the chimney was foul and smoked badly>
• 10. being odorous and impure ; polluted <foul air>
• 11. placed in a situation that impedes physical movement ; entangled
• 12. being outside the foul lines in baseball
• Synonyms: see dirty
• ? foully adverb
• ? foulness noun

II. noun

• Date: before 12th century
• 1. archaic something foul
• 2. an entanglement or collision especially in angling or sailing
• 3.
  • a. an infringement of the rules in a game or sport
  • b. free throw
• 4. foul ball

III. verb

• Date: before 12th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become or be foul: as
    • a. decompose, rot
    • b. to become encrusted, clogged, or choked with a foreign substance
    • c. ［

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