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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. especially of a ship's lines etc;
- Example: "with its sails afoul"
- Example: "a foul anchor"
[syn: afoul(ip), foul, fouled]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Afoul \A*foul"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + foul.]
   In collision; entangled. --Totten.
   [1913 Webster]

   To run afoul of, to run against or come into collision
      with, especially so as to become entangled or to cause
      injury.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

afoul
    adj 1: especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul";
           "a foul anchor" [syn: afoul(ip), foul, fouled]