[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

foul \foul\ foul, a. compar. fouler -~er; superl.
   foulest. oe. foul, ful, as. f=ul; akin to d. vuil, g.
   faul rotten, ohg. f=ul, icel. f=ul foul, fetid; dan.
   fuul, sw. ful foul, goth. f=uls fetid, lith. puti to be
   putrid, l. putere to stink, be putrid, pus pus, gr. py`on
   pus, to cause to rot, skr. p=uy to stink. root82. cf.
   defile to foul, file to foul, filth, pus, putrid.
   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.
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            my face is foul with weeping.         --job. xvi.
                                                  16.
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   2. scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words;
      foul language.
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   3. hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. "the foul
      with sycorax." --shak.
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            who first seduced them to that foul revolt?
                                                  --milton.
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   4. loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
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   5. ugly; homely; poor. obs. --chaucer.
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            let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares.
                                                  --shak.
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   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.
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            so foul a sky clears not without a storm. --shak.
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   7. not conformed to the established rules and customs of a
      game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest;
      dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.
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   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.
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   foul anchor. naut. see under anchor.

   foul ball baseball, a ball that first strikes the ground
      outside of the foul ball lines, or rolls outside of
      certain limits.

   foul ball lines baseball, lines from the home base,
      through the first and third bases, to the boundary of the
      field.

   foul berth naut., a berth in which a ship is in danger of
      fouling another vesel.

   foul bill, or foul bill of health, a certificate, duly
      authenticated, that a ship has come from a place where a
      contagious disorder prevails, or that some of the crew are
      infected.

   foul copy, a rough draught, with erasures and corrections;
      -- opposed to fair or clean copy. "some writers boast of
      negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul
      copies." --cowper.

   foul proof, an uncorrected proof; a proof containing an
      excessive quantity of errors.

   foul strike baseball, a strike by the batsman when any
      part of his person is outside of the lines of his
      position.

   to fall foul, to fall out; to quarrel. obs. "if they be
      any ways offended, they fall foul." --burton.

   to fall foul of or to run foul of. see under fall.

   to make foul water, to sail in such shallow water that the
      ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.
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see also:
foulest defile file filth pus putrid 
clear foul anchor anchor foul ball foul ball lines 
foul berth foul bill foul bill of health foul copy foul proof 
foul strike to fall foul to fall foul of to run foul of fall 
to make foul water 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fall \fall\ faddl, v. i. imp. fell fe^l; p. p.
   fallen faddl"'n; p. pr.  vb. n. falling. as.
   feallan; akin to d. vallen, os.  ohg. fallan, g. fallen,
   icel. falla, sw. falla, dan. falde, lith. pulti, l. fallere
   to deceive, gr. sfa`llein to cause to fall, skr. sphal,
   sphul, to tremble. cf. fail, fell, v. t., to cause to
   fall.
   1. to descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to
      descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the
      apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the
      barometer.
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            i beheld satan as lightning fall from heaven. --luke
                                                  x. 18.
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   2. to cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent
      posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters
      and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees.
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            i fell at his feet to worship him.    --rev. xix.
                                                  10.
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   3. to find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty;
      -- with into; as, the river rhone falls into the
      mediterranean.
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   4. to become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die
      by violence, as in battle.
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            a thousand shall fall at thy side.    --ps. xci. 7.
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            he rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting,
            fell.                                 --byron.
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   5. to cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose
      strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind
      falls.
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   6. to issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of
      the young of certain animals. --shak.
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   7. to decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to
      become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline
      in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the
      price falls; stocks fell two points.
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            i am a poor fallen man, unworthy now
            to be thy lord and master.            --shak.
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            the greatness of these irish lords suddenly fell and
            vanished.                             --sir j.
                                                  davies.
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   8. to be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.
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            heaven and earth will witness,
            if rome must fall, that we are innocent. --addison.
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   9. to descend in character or reputation; to become degraded;
      to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the
      faith; to apostatize; to sin.
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            let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest
            any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
                                                  --heb. iv. 11.
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   10. to become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be
       worse off than before; as, to fall into error; to fall
       into difficulties.
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   11. to assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or
       appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.
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             cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
                                                  --gen. iv. 5.
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             i have observed of late thy looks are fallen.
                                                  --addison.
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   12. to sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our
       spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.
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   13. to pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new
       state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to
       fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into
       temptation.
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   14. to happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to
       issue; to terminate.
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             the romans fell on this model by chance. --swift.
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             sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the
             matter will fall.                    --ruth. iii.
                                                  18.
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             they do not make laws, they fall into customs. --h.
                                                  spencer.
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   15. to come; to occur; to arrive.
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             the vernal equinox, which at the nicene council
             fell on the 21st of march, falls now 1694 about
             ten days sooner.                     --holder.
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   16. to begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or
       hurry; as, they fell to blows.
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             they now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart
             and soul.                            --jowett
                                                  thucyd. .
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   17. to pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution,
       inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his
       brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.
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   18. to belong or appertain.
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             if to her share some female errors fall,
             look on her face, and you'll forget them all.
                                                  --pope.
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   19. to be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded
       expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from
       him.
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   to fall abroad of naut., to strike against; -- applied to
      one vessel coming into collision with another.

   to fall among, to come among accidentally or unexpectedly.
      

   to fall astern naut., to move or be driven backward; to
      be left behind; as, a ship falls astern by the force of a
      current, or when outsailed by another.

   to fall away.
       a to lose flesh; to become lean or emaciated; to pine.
       b to renounce or desert allegiance; to revolt or rebel.
       c to renounce or desert the faith; to apostatize.
           "these . . . for a while believe, and in time of
           temptation fall away." --luke viii. 13.
       d to perish; to vanish; to be lost. "how . . . can the
           soul . . . fall away into nothing?" --addison.
       e to decline gradually; to fade; to languish, or become
           faint. "one color falls away by just degrees, and
           another rises insensibly." --addison.

   to fall back.
       a to recede or retreat; to give way.
       b to fail of performing a promise or purpose; not to
           fulfill.

   to fall back upon or to fall back on.
       a mil. to retreat for safety to a stronger position
           in the rear, as to a fort or a supporting body of
           troops.
       b to have recourse to a reserved fund, a more reliable
           alternative, or some other available expedient or
           support.

   to fall calm, to cease to blow; to become calm.

   to fall down.
       a to prostrate one's self in worship. "all kings shall
           fall down before him." --ps. lxxii. 11.
       b to sink; to come to the ground. "down fell the
           beauteous youth." --dryden.
       c to bend or bow, as a suppliant.
       d naut. to sail or drift toward the mouth of a river
           or other outlet.

   to fall flat, to produce no response or result; to fail of
      the intended effect; as, his speech fell flat.

   to fall foul of.
       a naut. to have a collision with; to become entangled
           with
       b to attack; to make an assault upon.

   to fall from, to recede or depart from; not to adhere to;
      as, to fall from an agreement or engagement; to fall from
      allegiance or duty.

   to fall from grace m. e. ch., to sin; to withdraw from
      the faith.

   to fall home ship carp., to curve inward; -- said of the
      timbers or upper parts of a ship's side which are much
      within a perpendicular.

   to fall in.
       a to sink inwards; as, the roof fell in.
       b mil. to take one's proper or assigned place in
           line; as, to fall in on the right.
       c to come to an end; to terminate; to lapse; as, on the
           death of mr. b., the annuuity, which he had so long
           received, fell in.
       d to become operative. "the reversion, to which he had
           been nominated twenty years before, fell in."
           --macaulay.

   to fall into one's hands, to pass, often suddenly or
      unexpectedly, into one's ownership or control; as, to
      spike cannon when they are likely to fall into the hands
      of the enemy.

   to fall in with.
       a to meet with accidentally; as, to fall in with a
           friend.
       b naut. to meet, as a ship; also, to discover or come
           near, as land.
       c to concur with; to agree with; as, the measure falls
           in with popular opinion.
       d to comply; to yield to. "you will find it difficult
           to persuade learned men to fall in with your
           projects." --addison.

   to fall off.
       a to drop; as, fruits fall off when ripe.
       b to withdraw; to separate; to become detached; as,
           friends fall off in adversity. "love cools,
           friendship falls off, brothers divide." --shak.
       c to perish; to die away; as, words fall off by disuse.
       d to apostatize; to forsake; to withdraw from the
           faith, or from allegiance or duty.
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                 those captive tribes . . . fell off
                 from god to worship calves.      --milton.
       e to forsake; to abandon; as, his customers fell off.
       f to depreciate; to change for the worse; to
           deteriorate; to become less valuable, abundant, or
           interesting; as, a falling off in the wheat crop; the
           magazine or the review falls off. "o hamlet, what a
           falling off was there" --shak.
       g naut. to deviate or trend to the leeward of the
           point to which the head of the ship was before
           directed; to fall to leeward.

   to fall on.
       a to meet with; to light upon; as, we have fallen on
           evil days.
       b to begin suddenly and eagerly. "fall on, and try the
           appetite to eat." --dryden.
       c to begin an attack; to assault; to assail. "fall on,
           fall on, and hear him not." --dryden.
       d to drop on; to descend on.

   to fall out.
       a to quarrel; to begin to contend.
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                 a soul exasperated in ills falls out
                 with everything, its friend, itself. --addison.
       b to happen; to befall; to chance. "there fell out a
           bloody quarrel betwixt the frogs and the mice."
           --l'estrange.
       c mil. to leave the ranks, as a soldier.

   to fall over.
       a to revolt; to desert from one side to another.
       b to fall beyond. --shak.

   to fall short, to be deficient; as, the corn falls short;
      they all fall short in duty.

   to fall through, to come to nothing; to fail; as, the
      engageent has fallen through.

   to fall to, to begin. "fall to, with eager joy, on homely
      food." --dryden.

   to fall under.
       a to come under, or within the limits of; to be
           subjected to; as, they fell under the jurisdiction of
           the emperor.
       b to come under; to become the subject of; as, this
           point did not fall under the cognizance or
           deliberations of the court; these things do not fall
           under human sight or observation.
       c to come within; to be ranged or reckoned with; to be
           subordinate to in the way of classification; as,
           these substances fall under a different class or
           order.

   to fall upon.
       a to attack. see to fall on.
       b to attempt; to have recourse to. "i do not intend to
           fall upon nice disquisitions." --holder.
       c to rush against.
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   note: fall primarily denotes descending motion, either in a
         perpendicular or inclined direction, and, in most of
         its applications, implies, literally or figuratively,
         velocity, haste, suddenness, or violence. its use is so
         various, and so mush diversified by modifying words,
         that it is not easy to enumerate its senses in all its
         applications.
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see also:
fell fallen falling fail to fall abroad of to fall among 
to fall astern to fall away to fall back to fall back upon to fall back on 
to fall calm to fall down to fall flat to fall foul of to fall from 
to fall from grace to fall home to fall in to fall into one's hands to fall in with 
to fall off to fall on to fall out to fall over to fall short 
to fall through to fall to to fall under to fall upon 

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