Associations to the word «Befoul»

Wiktionary

BEFOUL, verb. To make foul; to soil.
BEFOUL, verb. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.

Dictionary definition

BEFOUL, verb. Spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke