fouls in English

noun

1

(in sports) an unfair or invalid stroke or piece of play, especially one involving interference with an opponent.

It was a tough time for the French and Silvestre, having already been booked for a foul on Gillespie, just couldn't contain the winger in the 69th minute.

2

a disease in the feet of cattle.

verb

1

make foul or dirty; pollute.

factories that fouled the atmosphere

synonyms: dirty, infect, pollute, contaminate, poison, taint, sully, soil, stain, blacken, muddy, splash, spatter, smear, blight, defile, make filthy

2

(in sports) commit a foul against (an opponent).

The keeper fouled his opponent but avoided a red card.

3

(of a ship) collide with or interfere with the passage of (another).

In The Edison [1933] AC 449, the appellants, whose vessel had been fouled by the respondents, claimed damages under various heads.

verb

dirty, infect, pollute, contaminate, poison, taint, sully, soil, stain, blacken, muddy, splash, spatter, smear, blight, defile, make filthy
tangle up, entangle, snarl, catch, entwine, enmesh, twist
pollute, contaminate
choke off, clog up, congest, choke, back up, clog
maculate, befoul, defile

Use "fouls" in a sentence

1. When he fouls up, Glen always finds a way to rationalize what he's done.

2. It is a dirty [foolish] bird that fouls [soils] its own nest.Sentencedict.com 

3. Credit where it's due, despite the result they cameandtriedtoplay football without cynical fouls or player histrionics.

4. Synonyms for Bemires include soils, stains, daubs, dirties, mucks, muddies, sullies, befouls, besmirches and fouls

5. Synonyms for Befouls include dirties, soils, stains, fouls, muddies, blackens, smudges, sullies, begrimes and daubs

6. 18 Fouls include hitting below the belt , using a rabbit punch, and hitting a man when he is down.

7. 1 day ago · The Rules of Basketball have been Bastardized! - Cant even watch a game! fouls are given to change the outcome!

8. 25 For instance, the fouls are defined as committing such things as hitting below the belt , using a rabbit punch, and hitting a man when he is down.

9. Van Marwijk admitted some fouls had been "terrible" but said both sides were responsible, although challenges by Nigel de Jong and Mark van Bommel were particularly X-rated.

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