verb
- to make dirty or polluted; to contaminate or soil
Usage: formal; third person singular present tense of ‘befoul’
Examples
- Industrial waste befouls the river downstream from the factory.
- The oil spill befouls miles of pristine coastline.
- Litter befouls the beauty of our national parks.
- Smoke from the fire befouls the air for miles around.
- The scandal befouls his previously spotless reputation.
- Chemical runoff befouls the groundwater supply.