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become soiled and dirty make unclean; "foul the water" spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" commit a foul; break the rules hit a foul ball (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines out-of-bounds an act that violates of the rules of a sport especially of a ship''s lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor" tangled (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy" illegible thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we''re having" inclement characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" dirty disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room" dirty make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" unfair offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell" malodorous 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" offensive become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" |
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