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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • baseball Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
  • Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water.
  • Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched.
  • Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
  • nautical Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out.
  • Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.
  • Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc.
  • Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language.
  • Ugly; homely; poor.

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Noun:

  • baseball A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
  • bowling A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
  • sports A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; as, for example, foot-tripping in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.

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Verb:

  • baseball To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
  • basketball To commit a foul.
  • intransitive To become clogged.
  • intransitive To become entangled.
  • baseball To hit outside of the baselines.
  • basketball To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
  • nautical To entangle.
  • transitive To besmirch.
  • transitive To clog or obstruct.
  • transitive To make dirty.

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