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Past tense of foul

regular verb

The past tense of foul is fouled. The past participle is also fouled.

Forms of foul

Base form (V1)foul /faʊl/
Past tense (V2)fouled /faʊld/
Past participle (V3)fouled /faʊld/
Present participlefouling /ˈfaʊlɪŋ/
Third person singularfouls /faʊlz/

Fouled in a sentence

  • She's fouled her diaper.
  • He's fouled his reputation.
  • He fouled out to lead off the third.From the entry foul out
  • The center has fouled out with only two points.From the entry foul out
  • I fouled up question 3 of the exam.From the entry foul up

Meaning of foul

  1. adjective Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
  2. adjective Obscene, vulgar or abusive.
  3. adjective Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.

Full definition of foul

Questions about the past tense of foul

What is the past tense of foul?
The past tense of foul is fouled.
What is the past participle of foul?
The past participle of foul is fouled.
Is foul a regular or irregular verb?
Foul is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: foul (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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