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Fouled

adjective
1.
Made dirty or foul.  Synonym: befouled.  "Breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot"
2.
Especially of a ship's lines etc.  Synonyms: afoul, foul.  "A foul anchor"


Foul

verb
(past & past part. fouled; pres. part. fouling)
1.
Hit a foul ball.
2.
Make impure.  Synonyms: contaminate, pollute.
3.
Become or cause to become obstructed.  Synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest.  "The water pipe is backed up"  Antonym: unclog.
4.
Commit a foul; break the rules.
5.
Spot, stain, or pollute.  Synonyms: befoul, defile, maculate.
6.
Make unclean.
7.
Become soiled and dirty.



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"Fouled" Quotes from Famous Books



... said, "perhaps you wouldn't mind holding on a minute. The strap of my truncheon has (tug) got fouled ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 28, 1914 • Various
... responded Norcross. "But Frank Meeker seems to be anxious to show me all the good old cowboy courtesies. On Monday he slipped a burr under my horse's saddle, and I came near to having my neck broken. Then he or some one else concealed a frog in my bed, and fouled my hair-brushes. In fact, I go to sleep each night in expectation of some new attack; but the air and the riding are doing me a great deal of ...
— The Forester's Daughter - A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range • Hamlin Garland
... sections fall And bayonets slant and reek. Each cannon-blaze Makes the air thick with human limbs; while keen Contests rage hand to hand. Throats shout "advance," And forms walm, wallow, and slack suddenly. Hot ordnance split and shiver and rebound, And firelocks fouled and ...
— The Dynasts - An Epic-Drama Of The War With Napoleon, In Three Parts, - Nineteen Acts, And One Hundred And Thirty Scenes • Thomas Hardy
... or oftener, as the opportunities occur. With smokers, the use of the toothbrush the last thing at night is almost obligatory if they value their teeth and wish to avoid the unpleasant flavor and sensation which teeth fouled with tobacco smoke occasion in the mouth ...
— The Ladies Book of Useful Information - Compiled from many sources • Anonymous
... here be distinctly laid down. As a child's breath becomes hot and feverish, or strong, or acid, we may be certain that "digestion and surfeit have fouled and disturbed the blood; and now is the time to apply a proper remedy, and prevent a train of impending evils. Let the child be restrained in its food. Let it eat less, live upon milk or thin broth for a day or two, and be carried (or walk if it is able) a little ...
— The Young Mother - Management of Children in Regard to Health • William A. Alcott


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