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befoul

/bɪˈfaʊl/

befoulverb

befouled

Past Simple

befouled

Past Participle

befouling

Gerund

/bɪˈfaʊl/

Translations

The factory's waste products befoul the river.

Отходы завода загрязняют реку.

They befoul the sacred site with graffiti.

Они оскверняют священное место граффити.

Additional translations

Definitions

To make dirty or filthy; to pollute.

The factory's waste befouled the river, making it unsafe for swimming.

To speak ill of; to defame or slander.

The politician's opponents tried to befoul his reputation with false accusations.

Synonyms

befoulpast participle

Definitions

Made foul, soiled, polluted, or morally sullied.

After the oil spill, the befouled coastline stretched for miles.

befoulgerund / present participle

Definitions

That is dirtying, polluting, or defiling.

The befouling fumes coated every surface with grime.