单词 | befoul |
释义 | befoul[ bih-foul ] / bɪˈfaʊl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR befoul ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object)to make dirty or filthy; soil; defile; sully: a bird that befouls its own nest. Origin of befoulFirst recorded in 1275–1325, befoul is from the Middle English word bi-foulen.See be-, foul OTHER WORDS FROM befoulbe·foul·er, nounbe·foul·ment, nounWords nearby befoulbefore long, before the wind, beforetime, before you can say Jack Robinson, before you know it, befoul, befriend, befuddle, beg, begad, began Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for befoulBritish Dictionary definitions for befoulbefoul / (bɪˈfaʊl) / verb(tr) to make dirty or foul; soil; defile Derived forms of befoulbefouler, nounbefoulment, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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