foul

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Adjective
(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
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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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offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
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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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(of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
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characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
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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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especially of a ship''s lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
Noun
an act that violates the rules of a sport
Verb
hit a foul ball
Verb
make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
Verb
become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
Verb
commit a foul; break the rules
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spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
Verb
make unclean; "foul the water"
Verb
become soiled and dirty
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fair
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