From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Befoul \Be*foul"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Befouled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Befouling}.] [Cf. AS. bef?lan; pref. be- + f?lan to foul. See {Foul}, adjective]
2. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: {foul}, {defile}, {maculate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "befoul": abuse, afflict, aggrieve, benasty, bespatter, bewitch, blacken, blight, condemn, contaminate, convert, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, debase, defalcate, defame, defile, denigrate, deprave, desecrate, despoil, destroy, disadvantage, disserve, distress, divert, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, embezzle, envenom, foul, get into trouble, harass, harm, hex, hurt, impair, infect, injure, jinx, maladminister, maltreat, menace, mess, mess up, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle, mismanage, mistreat, misuse, molest, nasty, outrage, peculate, persecute, pervert, pilfer, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, profane, prostitute, savage, scathe, slander, slur, smear, spatter, sully, taint, tarnish, threaten, torment, torture, traduce, violate, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong
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