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[ fou-ling ] / ˈfaʊ lɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fouling ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan encrusted deposit, especially on a submerged object, as the hull of a ship. Origin of fouling1350–1400; Middle English foulinge;see foul, -ing1 OTHER WORDS FROM foulingnon·foul·ing, adjectiveWords nearby foulingfoulard, foul ball, foulbrood, fouled-up, foulie, fouling, foul line, foul marten, foul matter, foulmouthed, foulness Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for foulingYou penalized Westby a yard for fouling, I heard; is that so? The Jester of St. Timothy's|Arthur Stanwood Pier Decomposition then often takes place, fouling the breath by the escape of the gases. A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various “Two lines overboard will be enough, or they will be fouling each other,” observed Truck. A Yacht Voyage Round England|W.H.G. Kingston This may happen easily enough—a wave can do it, or even the fouling of the harpoon-line when a seal is struck. Eskimo Life|Fridtjof Nansen
Words related to foulingclog, pollute, choke, twist, contaminate, catch, defile, soil, ensnare, besmear, fill, discolor, tarnish, jam, stain, desecrate, sully, spot, smudge, befoul |