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antifoul

antifoul adjective: antifouling.

Adjective

antifoul (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Antifouling.

Verb

antifoul (third-person singular simple present antifouls, present participle antifouling, simple past and past participle antifouled)

  1. To apply antifouling paint to (a boat)

Forms of antifoul

third-person singular presentantifouls
present participleantifouling
past participleantifouled
pastantifouled

Origin of antifoul

From anti- + foul.

Questions about antifoul

What does antifoul mean?
Antifoul means antifouling.
What part of speech is antifoul?
Antifoul can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near antifoul in the dictionary

  1. antiformalists
  2. antiformant
  3. antiformants
  4. antiformin
  5. antiforms
  6. antifoul
  7. antifoulant
  8. antifoulants
  9. antifouled
  10. antifouler
  11. antifoulers

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