fouler

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English

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Etymology

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From foul +‎ -er.

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Noun

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fouler (plural foulers)

  1. One who fouls.
    • 2015, Saleem Mustafa, Rossita Shapawi, Aquaculture Ecosystems: Adaptability and Sustainability, page 119:
      For example, several species of hydroids and bryozoans are important foulers of salmon cages in Australia (Hodson et al., 2000) and Norway (Guenther et al., 2010).

Adjective

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fouler

  1. comparative form of foul: more foul

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French

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Etymology

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From Middle French fouller (to trample, mill, fordo, mistreat), from Old French foler (to crush, act wickedly), from Vulgar Latin *fullāre (to trample, to full), from Latin fullō (fuller). More at full.

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Verb

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fouler

  1. (transitive) to stamp, to impress, to dent; to mill
  2. (transitive) to walk on, to tread, to trample
  3. (transitive) to oppress, to mistreat
    fouler aux pieds(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (transitive) to injure by knocking, bumping or dinting
  5. (reflexive) to sprain
    Je me suis foulé la cheville en jouant au rugby
    I sprained my ankle playing rugby.
  6. (pronominal, chiefly in the negative, colloquial) to wear oneself out, to overdo it
    ne pas se foulernot to overdo it

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