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foul
Overview of noun foul
The noun foul has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. foul -- (an act that violates of the rules of a sport)
Overview of verb foul
The verb foul has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) foul -- (hit a foul ball)
2. (1) pollute, foul, contaminate -- (make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake")
3. clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul -- (become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up")
4. foul -- (commit a foul; break the rules)
5. foul, befoul, defile, maculate -- (spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it")
6. foul -- (make unclean; "foul the water")
7. foul -- (become soiled and dirty)
Overview of adj foul
The adj foul has 8 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (1) disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky -- (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")
2. (1) fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented -- (offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky")
3. (1) cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike -- (violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior")
4. foul -- ((of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines)
5. dirty, foul, marked-up -- ((of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy")
6. filthy, foul, nasty, smutty -- (characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes")
7. filthy, foul, nasty -- (disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room")
8. afoul, foul, fouled -- (especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun foul
1 sense of foul
Sense 1
foul
=> violation, infringement
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun foul
1 sense of foul
Sense 1
foul
=> foul ball
=> personal foul
=> technical foul, technical
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun foul
1 sense of foul
Sense 1
foul
=> violation, infringement
Antonyms of noun foul
Member Holonyms of noun foul
Substance Holonyms of noun foul
Part Holonyms of noun foul
Member Meronyms of noun foul
Substance Meronyms of noun foul
Part Meronyms of noun foul
Meronyms of noun foul
Holonyms of noun foul
Attributes of noun foul
Derived Forms of noun foul
1 sense of foul
Sense 1
foul
RELATED TO>(verb) foul#4
=> foul
RELATED TO>(verb) foul#1
=> foul
Domain of noun foul
1 sense of foul
Sense 1
foul
TOPIC>(noun) sport#1, athletics#1
Domain Terms of noun foul
Familiarity of noun foul
foul used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun foul
1 sense of foul
Sense 1
foul
> violation, infringement
=> copyright infringement, infringement of copyright
=> foul
=> patent infringement
Meronyms of noun foul
1 sense of foul
Holonyms of noun foul
Grep of noun foul
foul
foul-up
foul-weather gear
foul ball
foul line
foul play
foul shot
foulard
foulmart
foulness
personal foul
technical foul
Antonyms of verb foul
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb foul
7 senses of foul
Sense 1
foul
=> hit
=> propel, impel
=> move, displace
Sense 2
pollute, foul, contaminate
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
=> obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
=> impede, hinder
=> prevent, keep
Sense 4
foul
=> play
=> compete, vie, contend
Sense 5
foul, befoul, defile, maculate
=> dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame
Sense 6
foul
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 7
foul
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb foul
4 of 7 senses of foul
Sense 1
foul
=> foul out
Sense 2
pollute, foul, contaminate
=> infect, taint
Sense 3
clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
=> gum up
=> crap up
=> stuff, lug, choke up, block
=> silt up, silt
Sense 4
foul
=> hack
=> hack
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb foul
7 senses of foul
Sense 1
foul
=> hit
Sense 2
pollute, foul, contaminate
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
Sense 3
clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
=> obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
Sense 4
foul
=> play
Sense 5
foul, befoul, defile, maculate
=> dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame
Sense 6
foul
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
Sense 7
foul
=> change
'Cause To' of verb foul
Derived Forms of verb foul
2 of 7 senses of foul
Sense 1
foul
RELATED TO>(noun) foul#1
=> foul
Sense 4
foul
RELATED TO>(noun) foul#1
=> foul
Domain of verb foul
1 of 7 senses of foul
Sense 1
foul
TOPIC>(noun) baseball#1, baseball game#1
Domain Terms of verb foul
Familiarity of verb foul
foul used as a verb is common (polysemy count =7)
Sample Sentences of verb foul
7 senses of foul
Sense 1
foul
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
pollute, foul, contaminate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
foul
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 5
foul, befoul, defile, maculate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 6
foul
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 7
foul
*> Something ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb foul
7 senses of foul
Sense 1
foul
> hit
=> play
=> foul
=> cannon
=> clap
=> ground out
=> toe
=> shank
=> pitch
=> fly
=> snap
=> whang
=> undercut
=> putt
=> heel
=> toe
=> bunker
=> bounce
=> backhand
=> pop
=> follow through
=> shell
=> ground
=> ground
=> top
=> pull
=> kill
=> kill
=> connect
=> drive
=> drive
=> hole, hole out
=> bunt, drag a bunt
=> snick
=> racket
=> dribble, carry
=> slice
=> hook
=> single
=> double
=> triple
=> smash
=> shoot
=> volley
=> croquet
=> loft
Sense 2
pollute, foul, contaminate
> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> foul
=> pollute, foul, contaminate
=> smear
=> slime
=> muddy, muddy up
=> splash
=> mire, muck, mud, muck up
=> crock
=> blemish, spot
Sense 3
clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
> obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
=> blockade, block off
=> barricade, barricado
=> barricade
=> suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke
=> tie up
=> dam, dam up
=> screen, block out
=> land up, earth up
=> barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
=> clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
Sense 4
foul
> play
=> line up
=> curl
=> snooker
=> revoke
=> develop
=> develop
=> die
=> misplay
=> start
=> fumble
=> volley
=> unblock
=> replay
=> cricket
=> backstop
=> fullback
=> quarterback
=> cradle
=> exit
=> play out
=> field
=> catch
=> face off, bully off
=> tee off
=> ace
=> complete, nail
=> gamble
=> walk
=> bowl
=> golf
=> bandy
=> foul
=> put out
=> croquet
=> putt
=> teeter-totter, teetertotter, seesaw
=> bid, call
Sense 5
foul, befoul, defile, maculate
> dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame
=> foul, befoul, defile, maculate
Sense 6
foul
> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> foul
=> pollute, foul, contaminate
=> smear
=> slime
=> muddy, muddy up
=> splash
=> mire, muck, mud, muck up
=> crock
=> blemish, spot
Sense 7
foul
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb foul
Sense 1
foul
=> hit
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Sense 2
pollute, foul, contaminate
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
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Sense 3
clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
=> obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
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Sense 4
foul
=> play
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Sense 5
foul, befoul, defile, maculate
=> dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame
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Sense 6
foul
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
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Sense 7
foul
=> change
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Grep of verb foul
befoul
foul
foul out
foul up
run afoul
Antonyms of adj foul
8 senses of foul
Sense 1
disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
INDIRECT (VIA offensive) -> inoffensive
Sense 2
fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented
INDIRECT (VIA malodorous) -> fragrant
Sense 3
cheating(prenominal), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
INDIRECT (VIA unfair) -> fair, just
Sense 4
foul (vs. fair)
fair (vs. foul)
=> in-bounds
Sense 5
dirty, foul, marked-up
INDIRECT (VIA illegible) -> legible
Sense 6
filthy, foul, nasty, smutty
INDIRECT (VIA dirty) -> clean, unobjectionable
Sense 7
filthy, foul, nasty
INDIRECT (VIA dirty) -> clean
Sense 8
afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled
INDIRECT (VIA tangled) -> untangled
Similarity of adj foul
8 senses of foul
Sense 1
disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
=> offensive (vs. inoffensive)
Sense 2
fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented
=> malodorous (vs. fragrant), malodourous, unpeasant-smelling, ill-smelling, stinky
Sense 3
cheating(prenominal), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
=> unfair (vs. fair), unjust
Sense 4
foul (vs. fair)
=> out-of-bounds
Sense 5
dirty, foul, marked-up
=> illegible (vs. legible)
Sense 6
filthy, foul, nasty, smutty
=> dirty (vs. clean)
Sense 7
filthy, foul, nasty
=> dirty (vs. clean), soiled, unclean
Sense 8
afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled
=> tangled (vs. untangled)
Pertainyms of adj foul
Attributes of adj foul
Domain of adj foul
1 of 8 senses of foul
Sense 4
foul (vs. fair)
TOPIC>(noun) baseball#1, baseball game#1
Domain Terms of adj foul
Familiarity of adj foul
foul used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =8)
Grep of adj foul
afoul
foul
foul-mouthed
foul-smelling
foul-spoken
fouled
Grep of adv foul
foully
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