ALL meanings of foully
foul
F f - adjective foully grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell. 1
- adjective foully containing or characterized by offensive or noisome matter: foul air; foul stagnant water. 1
- adjective foully filthy or dirty, as places, receptacles, clothes, etc. 1
- adjective foully muddy, as a road. 1
- adjective foully clogged or obstructed with foreign matter: a foul gas jet. 1
- adjective foully unfavorable or stormy: foul weather. 1
- adjective foully contrary, violent, or unfavorable, as the wind. 1
- adjective foully grossly offensive in a moral sense. 1
- adjective foully abominable, wicked, or vile, as deeds, crime, slander, etc. 1
- adjective foully scurrilous, profane, or obscene; offensive: foul language. 1
- adjective foully contrary to the rules or established usages, as of a sport or game; unfair: a foul blow. 1
- adjective foully Baseball. pertaining to a foul ball or a foul line. 1
- adjective foully limited in freedom of movement by obstruction, entanglement, etc.: a foul anchor. 1
- adjective foully abounding in errors or in marks of correction, as a printer's proof, manuscript, or the like. 1
- adjective foully Nautical. (of the underwater portion of a hull) encrusted and impeded with barnacles, seaweed, etc. (of a mooring place) involving inconveniences and dangers, as of colliding with vessels or other objects when swinging with the tide. (of the bottom of a body of water) affording a poor hold for an anchor (opposed to clean). 1
- adjective foully North England and Scot.. not fair; ugly or unattractive. 1
- adjective foully Obsolete. disfigured. 1
- adverb foully in a foul manner; vilely; unfairly. 1
- adverb foully Baseball. into foul territory; so as to be foul: It looked like a homer when he hit it, but it went foul. 1
- noun foully something that is foul. 1
- noun foully a collision or entanglement: a foul between two racing sculls. 1
- noun foully a violation of the rules of a sport or game: The referee called it a foul. 1
- noun foully Baseball. foul ball. 1
- verb with object foully to make foul; defile; soil. 1
- verb with object foully to clog or obstruct, as a chimney or the bore of a gun. 1
- verb with object foully to collide with. 1
- verb with object foully to cause to become entangled or caught, as a rope. 1
- verb with object foully to defile; dishonor; disgrace: His reputation had been fouled by unfounded accusations. 1
- verb with object foully Nautical. (of barnacles, seaweed, etc.) to cling to (a hull) so as to encumber. 1
- noun foully In a foul manner. 1
- verb with object foully Baseball. to hit (a pitched ball) foul (often followed by off or away): He fouled off two curves before being struck out on a fastball. 1
- verb without object foully to become foul. 1
- verb without object foully Nautical. to come into collision, as two boats. 1
- verb without object foully to become entangled or clogged: The rope fouled. 1
- verb without object foully Sports. to make a foul play; give a foul blow. 1
- verb without object foully Baseball. to hit a foul ball. 1
- idioms foully fall foul / afoul of, to collide with, as ships. to come into conflict with; quarrel. to make an attack; assault. 1
- idioms foully foul one's nest, to dishonor one's own home, family, or the like. 1
- idioms foully run foul / afoul of, to come into collision or controversy with: to run foul of the press. 1