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foul [faʊl]1. adjectivea. ( = disgusting) [place, smell] immondeb. ( = bad) foul luck terrible malchance fc. [language, abuse] grossierd. [shot] mauvais ; [tackle] irrégulier2. nouna. ( = pollute) polluerb. [dog] souiller( = become entangled or jammed) to foul on sth [rope, line] s'emmêler dans qch ; [mechanism] se prendre dans qch5. compounds• he suspected foul play il se doutait que ce n'était pas un accident ► foul-smelling adjective puant* * *[faʊl] 1.noun Sport faute f (by de; on sur)2.1) ( putrid) [conditions] répugnant; [smell, air] fétide; [water] putride; [taste] infect2) ( grim) épouvantable3) ( evil) odieux/-ieuse4) ( offensive) ordurier/-ièreto have a foul mouth — être grossier/-ière
5) ( unsporting) déloyal3. 4.transitive verb1) ( pollute) polluer [environment]; souiller [pavement]2) ( become tangled)3) ( clog) bloquer [mechanism]; obstruer [channel]4) Sport commettre une faute contre•Phrasal Verbs:- foul up••to fall foul of somebody — ( fall out with) se brouiller avec quelqu'un; ( lose favour) s'attirer le mécontentement de quelqu'un
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A n Sport faute f (by de ; on sur) ; sent off for a foul éliminé pour faute ; cries of foul fig des cris de protestation.B adj1 ( putrid) [place, slum, conditions] répugnant ; [air, breath, smell] fétide ; [water, stream] putride ; [taste] infect ;2 ( grim) [weather, day, atmosphere] épouvantable ; to be in a foul humour ou mood être d'une humeur massacrante ○ ; to have a foul temper avoir un sale caractère ; it's a foul job! c'est une sale corvée! ; in fair weather or foul qu'il pleuve ou qu'il vente ;3 ( evil) [person, act, crime, deed, treachery, creature] odieux/-ieuse ; ‘murder most foul’ ‘horrible assassinat’ ;5 Sport ( unsporting) déloyal.D vtr2 ( become tangled) [weeds, nets, ropes] s'emmêler dans [engine, propeller] ; the propeller was fouled by nets des filets de pêche étaient emmêlés dans l'hélice ;E vi1 Sport commettre des fautes ;to fall ou run foul of sb ( fall out with) se brouiller avec qn ; ( lose favour) s'attirer le mécontentement de qn ; to fall foul of the law tomber sous le coup de la loi.■ foul out ( in baseball) être exclu (pour fautes personnelles).■ foul up ○ faire des erreurs or des bourdes ○ ;▶ foul up [sth], foul [sth] up1 ( bungle) ruiner [plan, opportunity] ; abîmer [system] ; he always manages to foul things up il trouve toujours le moyen de tout louper ○ ;2 ( pollute) polluer [air, soil].
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Putrid — Pu trid, a. [L. putridus, fr. putrere to be rotten, fr. puter, or putris, rotten, fr. putere to stink, to be rotten: cf. F. putride. See {Pus}, {Foul}, a.] 1. Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; said of animal or vegetable… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Putrid fever — Putrid Pu trid, a. [L. putridus, fr. putrere to be rotten, fr. puter, or putris, rotten, fr. putere to stink, to be rotten: cf. F. putride. See {Pus}, {Foul}, a.] 1. Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; said of animal or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Putrid sore throat — Putrid Pu trid, a. [L. putridus, fr. putrere to be rotten, fr. puter, or putris, rotten, fr. putere to stink, to be rotten: cf. F. putride. See {Pus}, {Foul}, a.] 1. Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; said of animal or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
smell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ overpowering, pervasive, pungent, rich, sharp, strong ▪ There was an overpowering smell of burning rubber. ▪ f … Collocations dictionary
putrid — adjective 1 dead animals, plants, or parts of the body that are putrid are decaying and smell very bad 2 informal very unpleasant: a putrid smell … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
putrid — adjective 1 dead animals, plants, or parts of the body that are putrid are decaying and smell very bad 2 informal very unpleasant: a putrid smell … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
smell — verb. The form for the past tense and past participle in BrE is smelled or smelt; in AmE smelled is usually preferred. When the verb is used intransitively, the quality of the smell is normally expressed either by a phrase introduced by of or by… … Modern English usage
putrid — ► ADJECTIVE 1) decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell. 2) informal very unpleasant. ORIGIN Latin putridus, from putrere to rot … English terms dictionary
putrid — pu|trid [ˈpju:trıd] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: putridus, from putrere to have decayed , from puter, putris decayed ] 1.) dead animals, plants etc that are putrid are decaying and smell very bad ▪ the putrid smells from the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
putrid — adj. Putrid is used with these nouns: ↑smell, ↑stench … Collocations dictionary
putrid — adjective /ˈpju.tɹɪd,ˈpju.tɹɛd/ a) Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. b) of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh. Syn: malodorous … Wiktionary