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(noun) (in baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the foul lines on the playing field |
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Synonyms: foul ball |
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Related Words: contact, contacting |
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(verb) become foul or dirty |
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Related Words: change |
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(verb) make foul; "foul the water" |
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Related Words: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil |
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(verb) spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" |
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Synonyms: befoul, defile, maculate |
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Related Words: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame |
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(verb) commit a foul; break the rules |
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Related Words: hack, play |
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(verb) hit a foul ball, in baseball |
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Related Words: foul out, hit |
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(adjective) (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines |
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Antonyms: fair |
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(satellite adjective) especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor" |
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Synonyms: afoul, fouled |
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(verb) make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" |
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Synonyms: contaminate, pollute |
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Related Words: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, infect, soil, taint |
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(satellite adjective) disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room" |
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Synonyms: filthy, nasty |
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(satellite adjective) characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" |
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Synonyms: filthy, nasty, smutty |
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(satellite adjective) (informal) thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having" |
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Synonyms: filthy, nasty, vile |
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(satellite adjective) (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy" |
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Synonyms: dirty, marked-up |
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(satellite adjective) violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" |
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Synonyms: cheating, dirty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike |
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(satellite adjective) offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell" |
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Synonyms: fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, putrid, smelly, stinking |
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(satellite adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "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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Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, revolting, wicked, yucky |
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(verb) become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" |
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Synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest |
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Related Words: block, block, choke up, close up, crap up, gum up, impede, jam, lug, obstruct, occlude, silt, silt up, stuff |
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