fouling

fouling

Noun	1.	foul – an act that violates the rules of a sportfoul ball – (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing fieldathletics, sport – an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competitioninfringement, violation – an act that disregards an agreement or a right; “he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment”personal foul – a foul that involves unnecessarily rough contact (as in basketball or football)technical foul, technical – (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
Verb	1.	foul – hit a foul ballbaseball, baseball game – a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; “he played baseball in high school”; “there was a baseball game on every empty lot”; “there was a desire for National League ball in the area”; “play ball!”foul out – baseball: hit a ball such that it is caught from an out in foul territoryhit – cause to move by striking; “hit a ball”
	2.	foul – make impure; “The industrial wastes polluted the lake”contaminate, polluteinfect, taint – contaminate with a disease or microorganismbegrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil – make soiled, filthy, or dirty; “don’t soil your clothes when you play outside!”
	4.	foul – commit a foul; break the rulesplay – participate in games or sport; “We played hockey all afternoon”; “play cards”; “Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches”hack – kick on the shinshack – kick on the arms
	5.	foul – spot, stain, or pollute; “The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it”befoul, maculate, defileattaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame – bring shame or dishonor upon; “he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime”
	6.	foul – make unclean; “foul the water”begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil – make soiled, filthy, or dirty; “don’t soil your clothes when you play outside!”
	7.	foul – become soiled and dirtychange – undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature; “She changed completely as she grew older”; “The weather changed last night”
Adj.	1.	foul – 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”loathly, repelling, revolting, skanky, disgustful, disgusting, yucky, distasteful, loathsome, repellant, repellent, wickedoffensive – unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; “offensive odors”
	2.	foul – offensively malodorous; “a foul odor”; “the kitchen smelled really funky”fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, smelly, stinking, noisomeill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling – having an unpleasant smell
	3.	foul – violating accepted standards or rules; “a dirty fighter”; “used foul means to gain power”; “a nasty unsporting serve”; “fined for unsportsmanlike behavior”unsporting, unsportsmanlike, cheating, dirtyunfair, unjust – not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; “used unfair methods”; “it was an unfair trial”; “took an unfair advantage”
	4.	foul – (of a baseball) not hit between the foul linesbaseball, baseball game – a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; “he played baseball in high school”; “there was a baseball game on every empty lot”; “there was a desire for National League ball in the area”; “play ball!”fair – (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; “he hit a fair ball over the third base bag”
	5.	foul – (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; “foul (or dirty) copy”marked-up, dirtyillegible – (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible; “illegible handwriting”
	6.	foul – characterized by obscenity; “had a filthy mouth”; “foul language”; “smutty jokes”cruddy, smutty, filthy, nastydirty – (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; “dirty words”; “a dirty old man”; “dirty books and movies”; “boys telling dirty jokes”; “has a dirty mouth”
	7.	foul – disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; “as filthy as a pigsty”; “a foul pond”; “a nasty pigsty of a room”filthy, nastydirty, soiled, unclean – soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; “dirty unswept sidewalks”; “a child in dirty overalls”; “dirty slums”; “piles of dirty dishes”; “put his dirty feet on the clean sheet”; “wore an unclean shirt”; “mining is a dirty job”; “Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves”
	8.	foul – especially of a ship’s lines etc; “with its sails afoul”; “a foul anchor”afoul, fouledtangled – in a confused mass; “pushed back her tangled hair”; “the tangled ropes”

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