| foul out |
of a baseball player, to be put out because of hitting a ball outside the foul lines that is caught before it touches the ground. [2 definitions] |
| foul play |
treacherous action, esp. violence against a person or persons. |
| foul shot |
see "free throw." |
| foul tip |
in baseball, a pitched ball that is barely tipped by the bat and is either caught by the catcher or deflected into the foul zone. |
| foul-up |
(informal) confusion or breakdown caused by human error or mismanagement, or by mechanical failure. [2 definitions] |
| foul up |
(informal) to bungle or make serious mistakes, or cause someone else to do so. [2 definitions] |
| found1 |
past tense and past participle of find. |
| found2 |
to set up or create; establish. [3 definitions] |
| found3 |
to melt and pour (metal or glass) into a mold. [2 definitions] |
| foundation |
the base or basis of something such as a process, substance, structure, or opinion. [4 definitions] |
| foundationless |
combined form of foundation. |
| founder1 |
a person who originates or establishes something. |
| founder2 |
of a ship or boat, to sink after filling up with water. [5 definitions] |
| founder3 |
one who founds metal or glass. |
| founding father |
(often cap.) one of the delegates to the U.S. Constitutional Convention in 1787. [2 definitions] |
| foundling |
a child or infant abandoned by unidentified parents and found by someone else. |
| found object |
any object picked up by chance and treated as a piece of art. |
| foundry |
an establishment where metal is founded. [2 definitions] |
| fount |
a source of water, such as a spring; fountain. [2 definitions] |
| fountain |
a spring or head of a stream. [5 definitions] |
| fountainhead |
a spring in which a stream has its origin. [2 definitions] |