foul
faʊl-
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foul
especially of a ship's lines etc "with its sails afoul","a foul anchor" -
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foul
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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foul
characterized by obscenity "had a filthy mouth","foul language","smutty jokes" -
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foul
(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines -
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foul
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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foul
offensively malodorous "a foul odor","the kitchen smelled really funky" -
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foul
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes "foul (or dirty) copy" -
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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" -
(v)
foul
become soiled and dirty -
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foul
make unclean "foul the water" -
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foul
spot, stain, or pollute "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" -
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foul
make impure "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" -
(v)
foul
commit a foul; break the rules -
(v)
foul
hit a foul ball -
(v)
foul
become or cause to become obstructed "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall","The water pipe is backed up" -
(n)
foul
an act that violates the rules of a sport
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Foul
foul A bird. -
Foul
An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race. -
Foul
Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. "The foul with Sycorax.", "Who first seduced them to that foul revolt?" -
Foul
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. -
Foul
In various games or sports, an act done contrary to the rules; a foul stroke, hit, play, or the like. -
Foul
Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease. -
Foul
Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play. -
Foul
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. "So foul a sky clears not without a storm." -
Foul
To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun. -
Foul
To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles. -
Foul
To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race. -
Foul
(Mil) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing. -
Foul
To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire. -
Foul
Ugly; homely; poor. "Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares."
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foul
Grossly offensive to the senses; of a filthy or noxious character or quality; noisome; disgusting: as, foul matter or exudations; a foul smell; foul breath. -
foul
Of a harmful or mischievous character; causing trouble or annoyance; obnoxious; obstructive; clogging: as, foul weeds; foul weather; a foul wind. -
foul
Affected by noisome or defiling matter; in a filthy state or condition; unclean; dirty; turbid; defiled: as, foul clothing; foul den; a foul stream. -
foul
Affected by harmful matter or things; obstructed by anything fixed or attached; clogged; choked: as, a foul garden (one full of weeds); a foul chimney (one choked with soot); the ship's bottom is foul (clogged with seaweeds or barnacles); the channel has a foul bottom (one cumbered by rocks, wrecks, or the like). -
foul
Clogged or impeded as by collision or entanglement; in a state of obstructing contact or involvement: with of before the obstructive object: as, the ship is foul of a rock or of another ship; a rope or an anchor is foul from being jammed, entangled, or clogged in any way. -
foul
Contrary to or violating rule or established usage; done, acting, or acted upon improperly; irregular; disorderly; unfair: as, a foul blow or stroke: a foul player or fighter; a foul attack. See foul play, below. -
foul
Grossly offensive or loathsome in a moral sense; manifesting, or prompted or actuated by, base or vicious feeling; vile; odious; shameful; revolting: as, foul thoughts or actions; foul language; a foul slander, murder, conspiracy, etc.; a foul slanderer or conspirator. -
foul
Extremely bad as to effect or result; unfavorable; unlucky; pernicious; distressing: us, a foul accident; a foul prospect or omen. -
foul
Coarse; common; of little value. -
foul
Ill-favored; ugly; homely. -
foul
To attack; make an assault upon. See afoul. -
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foul
The act of fouling, colliding, or otherwise impeding due motion or progress; specifically, in a contest of any kind, a violation of the governing rules. -
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foul
In base-ball, a hit which makes the ball land outside the lines from home to first or to third base continued indefinitely; a foul ball or a foul hit. See base-ball. -
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An ulcer in a cow's foot; a disease that produces ulcers. -
foul
In a foul manner. -
foul
To make foul, in any sense; befoul. To defile; duty; soil. -
foul
Nautical, to entangle. -
foul
To become foul or dirty: as, a gun. fouls from long use. -
foul
Nautical, to come into collision, as two boats; become entangled or clogged: as, the rope fouled; the block fouled. -
foul
In base-ball, to strike a foul ball -
(n)
foul
An obsolete spelling of fowl.
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(adj)
Foul
fowl filthy: loathsome: obscene: impure: stormy: unfair: running against: distressing, pernicious: choked up, entangled: -
(v.t)
Foul
to make foul: to soil: to effect a collision -
(v.i)
Foul
to come into collision:—pr.p. foul′ing; pa.p. fouled -
(n)
Foul
act of fouling: any breach of the rules in games or contests -
(adj)
Foul
fowl (Shak.) homely, ugly
Foul play - If the police suspect foul play, they think a crime was committed.
No harm, no foul - There's no problem when no harm or damage is done, such as the time my sister-in-law stole the name we'd chosen for a boy and we both ended up having girls.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. foul, ful, AS. fūl,; akin to D. vuil, G. faul, rotten, OHG. fūl, Icel. fūl, foul, fetid; Dan. fuul, Sw. ful, foul, Goth. fūls, fetid, Lith. puti, to be putrid, L. putere, to stink, be putrid, pus, pus, Gr. py`on pus, to cause to rot, Skr. pūy, to stink. √82. Cf. Defile to foul, File to foul, Filth Pus Putrid
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. fúl; Ger. faul, Goth. fûls.
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In Teen Books, Foul-Mouthed Characters Are Rich, Cool, and Hot. theatlantic.com
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Fracking is too important to foul up. ashingtonpost.com
The Fowl Foul-Up On Thanksgiving Day. kbw.com
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What to do about oil- fouled plugs. generalaviationnews.com
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It took only 13 seconds for DeMarcus Cousins to be called for his first foul. newsobserver.com
Lakers are all fouled up in opener. chicagotribune.com
To do this, however, it will be necessary to devise some scheme for treating these very small scales that does not fall foul of the Courant time constraint discussed previously.
The First Stars
One particular setting is a referee deciding whether a player has committed a foul using his or her noisy observation as well as prior experience.
Quantization of Prior Probabilities for Hypothesis Testing
Players commit fouls at different rates; some players are dirtier or more aggressive than others.
Quantization of Prior Probabilities for Hypothesis Testing
It is this rate which is the prior probability for the ‘foul committed’ state.
Quantization of Prior Probabilities for Hypothesis Testing
Let us consider the particular setting for human decision making mentioned in Section I: a referee determining whether a player has committed a foul or not using both his or her noisy observation and prior experience.
Quantization of Prior Probabilities for Hypothesis Testing
You suspect foul play? "The Seven Secrets" by
But it was only a foul, and, though Russell tried desperately to get it, he could not. "Baseball Joe in the Big League" by
A FOUL DEED DONE IN A FOG. "The Ocean Waifs" by
The ways were foul and narrow; the shops and houses wretched; the people half-naked, drunken, slipshod, ugly. "A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others" by
Oh, undoubtedly a case of foul play, Mr. Narkom. "Cleek, the Master Detective" by
And now, a rocking cinder, fouls the skies. "Hypolympia" by
The child of a foul traitor. "The Cryptogram" by
But none of my forefathers had anything to do with the foul deed you tell of. "The Saracen: Land of the Infidel" by
The brook was fouled near the highroad from the passing of heavy carts and wagons, so Robin pushed down it into the thicker wood. "Robin Hood" by
The right act or true thought sets its stamp of beauty in the features; the wrong act or foul thought sets its seal of distortion. "A Man's Value to Society" by
And made them gay,
Soiled a sweet and ignorant soul
And fouled its play.
He makes no lamentation;
The primal "fount" of woe to him
Is--want of occupation:
A twelvemonth and a day;
When, lo! a foul and treacherous priest
Y-wrought our loves' decay.
And leevith on Mahound;
And pitye it were that fayre ladye
Shold marrye a heathen hound."
For the fair, the foul, the fell;
Thanks for the Morning—star,
And the nethermost murk of Hell.
My sister's sonne yee bee;
This lothlye ladye's all too grimme,
And all too foule for yee.