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befoul

[ bih-foul ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to make dirty or filthy; soil; defile; sully:

    a bird that befouls its own nest.



befoul

/ ɪˈڲʊ /

verb

  1. tr to make dirty or foul; soil; defile
“Collins 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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Derived Forms

  • ˈڴdzܱԳ, noun
  • ˈڴdzܱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ڴdzܱİ noun
  • ·ڴdzܱmԳ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of befoul1

First recorded in 1275–1325, befoul is from the Middle English word bi-foulen. See be-, foul
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I asked the four if creating a super PAC — long decried by good government types as befouling democracy — violated their values.

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But in this case, there's a giant pile of receipts from Trump's four years befouling the White House.

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But then, Samir said that the ghosts would never risk stealing our breath because Rasseem was with us, and his breath could befoul the afterlife.

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Trump is scared out of his befouled shorts.

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They say there are two dozen large, concentrated animal farming operations — which collectively house almost 3 million animals — befouling watersheds and torturing livestock and poultry in confined lots and cages.

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