Foul

German Meaning

English Meaning

1. Offensive to the senses; revolting.
2. Having an offensive odor; smelly.
3. Rotten or putrid: foul meat.
4. Full of dirt or mud; dirty. See Synonyms at dirty.
5. Full of impurities; polluted: foul air.
6. Morally detestable; wicked: foul deeds.
7. Of a vulgar or obscene nature: foul language.
8. Very disagreeable or displeasing; horrid: a foul movie.
9. Bad or unfavorable: in fair weather or foul.
10. Violating accepted standards or rules; dishonorable: used foul means to gain power.
11. Sports Contrary to the rules of a game or sport: a foul boxing punch.
12. Baseball Outside the foul lines: a foul fly ball.
13. Entangled or twisted: a foul anchor.
14. Clogged or obstructed; blocked: a foul ventilator shaft.
15. Archaic Ugly; unattractive.
16. Sports An infraction or a violation of the rules of play.
17. Baseball A foul ball.
18. An entanglement or a collision.
19. An instance of clogging or obstructing.
20. In a foul manner.
21. To make dirty or foul; pollute. See Synonyms at contaminate.
22. To bring into dishonor; besmirch.
23. To clog or obstruct.
24. To entangle or catch (a rope, for example).
25. Nautical To encrust (a ship's hull) with foreign matter, such as barnacles.
26. Sports To commit a foul against.
27. Baseball To hit (a ball) outside the foul lines.
28. To become foul.
29. Sports To commit a foul.
30. Baseball To hit a ball outside the foul lines: fouled twice and then struck out; fouled out to the catcher.
31. To become entangled or twisted: The anchor line fouled on a rock.
32. To become clogged or obstructed.
33. foul out Sports To be put out of a game for exceeding the number of permissible fouls.
34. foul up To blunder or cause to blunder because of mistakes or poor judgment.