Antonyms for fouling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fou-ling

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaʊ lɪŋ

Definition of fouling

Origin : Old English ful "rotten, unclean, vile, corrupt, offensive to the senses," from Proto-Germanic *fulaz (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian ful, Middle Dutch voul, Dutch vuil, Old High German fül, German faul, Gothic füls), from root *fu-, corresponding to PIE *pu-, perhaps from the sound made in reaction to smelling something bad (cf. Sanskrit puyati "rots, stinks," putih "foul, rotten;" Greek puon "discharge from a sore;" Latin pus "putrid matter," putere "to stink," putridus "rotten;" Lithuanian puviu "to rot").
Old English ful occasionally meant "ugly" (as contrasted with fæger (adj.), modern fair (adj.)), a sense frequently found in Middle English, and the cognate in Swedish is the usual word for "ugly." Of weather, first recorded late 14c. In the sporting sense of "irregular, unfair" it is first attested 1797, though foul play is recorded from mid-15c. Baseball sense of "out of play" attested by 1860. Foulmart was a Middle English word for "polecat" (from Old English mearð "marten").

verb make or become dirty

Example sentences :

Against this fouling of the stream at its source, society must protect itself.
Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

You, who boast of playing the game, and not fouling the pitch!
Extract from : « The Day of Judgment » by Joseph Hocking

Toby Mertez tried hard for a hit, fouling the ball a number of times.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Son » by Burt L. Standish

If he does any fouling in this fight I'll make him quit or declare him out.
Extract from : « My Adventures with Your Money » by George Graham Rice

Burton set himself for the next one, and succeeded only in fouling it off.
Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team » by Lester Chadwick

She lit a cigarette and said, "Now—how the hell are you fouling up the computers?"
Extract from : « The Ambassador » by Samuel Kimball Merwin

People are eagerly discussing the question of the fouling of guns.
Extract from : « Within an Inch of His Life » by Emile Gaboriau

Jeering life is below, with its people, its fouling habits, its sneers and titters.
Extract from : « Woman » by Magdeleine Marx

The boche was fouling Troolan in a way that would be prohibited in wrestling.
Extract from : « The Black Watch » by Scout Joe Cassells

You penalized Westby a yard for fouling, I heard; is that so?
Extract from : « The Jester of St. Timothy's » by Arthur Stanwood Pier

Synonyms for fouling

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