tr.v., -fouled, -foul·ing, -fouls.

1. To make dirty; soil. See synonyms at contaminate.
2. To cast aspersions upon; speak badly of.

verb

1. To make dirty: begrime, besmirch, besoil, black, blacken, defile, dirty, smudge, smutch, soil, sully. See clean/dirty.
2. To contaminate the reputation of: besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smear, smudge, smut, soil, spatter, stain, sully, taint, tarnish. Idioms: give a black eye to, slingthrowmud on. See attack/defend, clean/dirty.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: spot, stain, or pollute
  Synonyms: foul, defile, maculate

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tilsmudse, besudle

Nederlands (Dutch)
bezoedelen, lasteren

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit, fig) souiller, (lit) salir

Deutsch (German)
v. - verschmutzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λερώνω, ρυπαίνω, σπιλώνω

Italiano (Italian)
insudiciare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - sujar, desonrar (fig.), emaranhar

Русский (Russian)
пачкать, испачкать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - ensuciar, manchar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - smutsa ned

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
使污损, 玷污, 弄脏, 诽谤

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使污損, 玷污, 弄髒, 誹謗

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 더럽히다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 汚す, けなす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) لوث, دنس, وسخ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השמיץ, ליכלך‬

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