Foul
11foul — foul, foully The normal adverb from foul is foully (pronounced with both ls): • Jerome had done foully, but not so foully as he himself and all here believed Ellis Peters, 1993. The older form foul survives in the quasi adverbial expressions foul …
12foul — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having an offensive smell or taste; causing disgust. 2) very disagreeable or unpleasant. 3) morally offensive; wicked or obscene. 4) done contrary to the rules of a sport. 5) polluted or contaminated. 6) (foul with) clogged or… …
13Foul — Foul, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fouled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fouling}.] 1. To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mil.) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the… …
14foul up — {v.}, {informal} 1. To make dirty. * /The birds fouled up his newly washed car./ 2. To tangle up. * /He tried to throw a lasso but he got the rope all fouled up./ 3. To ruin or spoil by stupid mistakes; botch. * /He fouled the whole play up by… …
15foul up — {v.}, {informal} 1. To make dirty. * /The birds fouled up his newly washed car./ 2. To tangle up. * /He tried to throw a lasso but he got the rope all fouled up./ 3. To ruin or spoil by stupid mistakes; botch. * /He fouled the whole play up by… …
16Foul — (foul), n. [See {Fowl}.] A bird. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …
17foul — [faul] Adj; meist in foul spielen Sport; (besonders in einer Mannschaftssportart) beim Spielen ein Foul oder viele Fouls begehen ↔ fair spielen …
18foul-up — n informal a problem caused by a stupid or careless mistake →↑foul up ▪ a computer system foul up …
19Foul — Sn regelwidriges, unsportliches Verhalten erw. fach. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. foul, das urverwandt ist mit nhd. faul, aber eine allgemeinere Bedeutung hat ( abstoßend, schlecht ). Verb: foulen. Ebenso nschw. foul. ✎ Carstensen 2… …
20foul-up — foul ups N COUNT A foul up is something that has gone badly wrong as a result of someone s mistakes or carelessness. [INFORMAL] A series of technical foul ups delayed the launch of the new product. Syn: bungle …
