FOUL | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Old English fūl, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse fúll ‘foul’, Dutch vuil ‘dirty’, and German faul ‘rotten, lazy’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pus, Greek puos ‘pus’, and Latin putere ‘to stink’

offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being dirty

offensive to the senses

• a foul odour
• his foul breath

wicked or immoral

wicked or immoral

• murder most foul

containing or full of noxious matter; polluted

contaminated or polluted

• foul, swampy water

(of the weather) wet and stormy

wet and stormy

• he walked in fair and foul weather
• the weather turned foul

(in sport) an unfair or invalid stroke or piece of play, especially one involving interference with an opponent

unfair or invalid act in sport

• the midfielder was booked for a foul on Ford

a disease in the feet of cattle

disease in feet of cattle

• he was indeed suffering from foul of the foot

contrary to the rules; unfairly.

unfairly

make foul or dirty; pollute

make foul

• factories which fouled the atmosphere

(in sport) commit a foul against (an opponent)

commit foul against

• United claim their keeper was fouled

collide with or obstruct

collide with ship

• the ships became overcrowded and fouled each other
• will have to work towards solutions to prevent trucks from fouling railroad tracks