Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb obsolete Foully.

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Examples

  • "Better termed a foule dene then a faire garden," according to Donald

    Wrong Side of the River: London's disreputable South Bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Jessica A. Browner Jessica A. Browner 1994

  • Contact Kristin. percer quelque chose à jour = to see right through something percer ses dents = to cut one's (baby) teeth percer la foule = to force one's way through a crowd se faire percer les oreilles = to have one's ears pierced

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • Contact Kristin. percer quelque chose à jour = to see right through something percer ses dents = to cut one's (baby) teeth percer la foule = to force one's way through a crowd se faire percer les oreilles = to have one's ears pierced

    percer - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Depuis la foule amassée devant le « jardin de la mémoire » et le monument consacré au génocide, des cris jaillissent, perturbent les discours officiels.

    Global Voices in English » Rwanda: Fifteen years after the genocide 2009

  • Patapouf étouffe la foule et légifère à tombeau ouvert

    Archive 2007-01-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007

  • In the video, I liked the few flashing lights giving a one second's view of “la foule” - nothing 'foul'... no, just the French word for 'the crowd' as you can see Kristin, I still have some “faux-amis” sets of words trotting along in my head because-of-your- last-Newsletter!

    gradins - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • La femme m'a dit de ne pas m'inquieter puisque il n'y avait generalement pas foule ....

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009

  • Yes, we're all familiar with the story of Sir Francis Drake opening the nuclear bowling ball and reading out the access codes to unleash Britain's ultimate deterrent, a massive flock of swans infected with avian flu, or as contemporary accounts call it "ye avian foule humours type H3N2".

    We do not reward failure amuchmoreexotic 2006

  • Le gars que Shino et moi on n'a pas ramassé lorsqu'ils s'est jeté dans la foule MOUHAHAHAAAAAA (top ten top ten)

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008

  • Quoique tu y fasses tu dois y apprendre une foule de choses… chanceuse :

    foodbeam » The (sweet) garlic-y escape – Petits pains à l’ail et au persil 2007

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