foul
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Is foul a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (of words or a way of speaking) Obscene, vulgar or abusive.Examples: "The rascal spewed forth a series of foul words."; "His foul language causes many people to believe he is uneducated."
2. (obsolete) Ugly; homely; poor.Examples: "Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares."obsolete
3. (nautical) Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.Examples: "We've got a foul anchor."; "A rope could get foul while it is being paid out."
4. (technical) (with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.Examples: "The bus had stopped just foul of the north track at the Erindale Station Road public railway crossing […] With the bus stationary, but still foul of the north track, the train struck one of its front mirrors."
5. (baseball) Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.Examples: "Jones hit foul ball after foul ball."
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make dirty.Examples: "to foul the face or hands with mire"; "She's fouled her diaper."Synonyms: befoul, dirty, besmirchtransitive
2. (transitive) To besmirch.Examples: "He's fouled his reputation."transitive
3. (transitive, intransitive) To obstruct, block, or otherwise interfere with (something), for example by clogging (a drain, gun barrel, chimney, etc) or by being in the way of (a gunshot, etc).Examples: "The hair has fouled the drain."; "As a result of the accident at Southend Airport when a Hermes aircraft overshot the runway and fouled the down Shenfield to Southend Victoria line between Rochford and Prittlewell, the Eastern Region is considering warning arrangements, which have already been provided on some lines running past aerodromes."; "Unbelievable. Nearly all shots were fouled by twigs or branches."intransitivetransitive
4. (transitive, nautical) To entangle.Examples: "The kelp has fouled the prop."; "The Indian's heart was sore for his boat; it looked as if nothing could save her. She was drifting more slowly now, her propeller fouled in kelp."transitive
5. (transitive, basketball, soccer) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.Examples: "Smith fouled him hard."; "The Gunners dominated for long periods but, against the run of play, Denilson fouled Max Gradel and Robert Snodgrass put Leeds ahead from the spot."transitive
6. (intransitive, basketball, soccer) To commit a foul.Examples: "Smith fouled within the first minute of the quarter."; "State begins fouling and UCLA misses a couple of front-end free throws on one-and-ones."intransitive
noun (English)
1. (sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.Examples: "A second Norwich goal in four minutes arrived after some dire Newcastle defending. Gosling gave the ball away with a sloppy back-pass, allowing Crofts to curl in a cross that the unmarked Morison powered in with a firm, 12-yard header. Gosling's plight worsened when he was soon shown a red card for a foul on Martin."; "Even though we were swept, we did outstat the Fast Breakers in one category: they had six technical fouls for the series (three for Bibby, two for Matthews, and one for Shouse), and we totaled nine (three each for Mannion and me, one each for Jose Slaughter, Lewis, and Lamp)."
2. (bowling) A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
3. (baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.Examples: "Jones hit a foul up over the screen."
Definition source: Wiktionary