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FOULED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fouled mean?
• FOULED (adjective)
The adjective FOULED has 2 senses:
1. made dirty or foul
2. especially of a ship's lines etc
Familiarity information: FOULED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made dirty or foul
Synonyms:
befouled; fouled
Context example:
breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot
Similar:
dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Especially of a ship's lines etc
Synonyms:
Context example:
a foul anchor
Similar:
tangled (in a confused mass)
Context examples
Jim, says he, I reckon we're fouled, you and me, and we'll have to sign articles.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Until the other, who has fouled your sweet life, is true dead you must not die; for if he is still with the quick Un-Dead, your death would make you even as he is. No, you must live!
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I ran to fetch it, but I was quite unsteadied by all that had fallen out, and I broke one glass and fouled the tap, and while I was still getting in my own way, I heard a loud fall in the parlour, and running in, beheld the captain lying full length upon the floor.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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