foul

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for foul

foul 🔊 /fawˈl/

foul : කැත

foul : පැටලෙනවා

foul : නින්දිත

foul : අපවිත්‍ර කරනවා

foul : කැතකරනවා

foul : පිළිකුල් වූ

foul : කලහ ඇති කරගන්නවා

foul : නීතිවිරෝධී වූ ක්‍රියාව

foul : පල්

foul : දූෂිත

foul : සැපදායක නොවූ

foul : අතිශයින් අපිරිසුදු

foul : පූති

foul : පලුදු

foul definition

Noun.

  1. A bird.
  2. An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.
  3. See Foul ball, under Foul, a.

superl.

  1. Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water.
  2. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language.
  3. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched.
  4. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
  5. Ugly; homely; poor.
  6. Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc.
  7. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.
  8. Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out.

Transitive verb.

  1. To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.
  2. To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.
  3. To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.
  4. To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.
  2. To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.