Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty. / (of words or a way of speaking) Obscene, vulgar or abusive. / Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome. / Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.

(transitive) To make dirty. / (transitive) To besmirch. / (transitive) To clog or obstruct. / (transitive, nautical) To entangle.

(sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.

An island off the east coast of Essex where the Thames estuary joins the North Sea.

Obsolete form of foul.

plural of foul

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foul

simple past tense and past participle of foul

present participle of foul

The adhesion of a foreign material onto a surface, especially so as to reduce its functionality.