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BEFOUL
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they befoul ... he / she / it befouls
Past simple: befouled
Past participle: befouled
-ing form: befouling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spot, stain, or pollute
Example:
The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
Synonyms:
befoul; defile; foul; maculate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "befoul" is one way to...):
attaint; disgrace; dishonor; dishonour; shame (bring shame or dishonor upon)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
befoulment (the state of being polluted)
