transcription, транскрипция: [ faʊl ]
( fouler, foulest, fouls, fouling, fouled)
1.
If you describe something as foul , you mean it is dirty and smells or tastes unpleasant.
...foul polluted water...
The smell was quite foul.
= disgusting
ADJ
2.
Foul language is offensive and contains swear words or rude words.
He was sent off for using foul language in a match last Sunday...
He had a foul mouth.
= filthy
ADJ : usu ADJ n
3.
If someone has a foul temper or is in a foul mood, they become angry or violent very suddenly and easily.
Collins was in a foul mood even before the interviews began.
= bad
ADJ : usu ADJ n
4.
Foul weather is unpleasant, windy, and stormy.
ADJ
5.
If an animal fouls a place, it drops faeces onto the ground.
It is an offence to let your dog foul a footpath.
VERB : V n
6.
In a game or sport, if a player fouls another player, they touch them or block them in a way which is not allowed according to the rules.
Middlesbrough’s Jimmy Phillips was sent off for fouling Steve Tilson.
VERB : V n
7.
A foul is an act in a game or sport that is not allowed according to the rules.
He picked up his first booking for a 45th-minute foul on Bull.
N-COUNT : oft N on n
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Foul is also an adjective.
...a foul tackle.
ADJ : ADJ n
8.
If you fall foul of someone or run foul of them, you do something which gets you into trouble with them. ( mainly BRIT )
He had fallen foul of the FBI.
PHRASE : V inflects , PHR n