Clear and Foul

Clear

Clear adjective - Not stormy or cloudy.
Usage example: novice pilots can only fly on clear days

Foul is an antonym for clear.

Nearby Words: clean, cleared, clearly, clearing, clearness

Foul

Foul verb - To make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable.
Usage example: industrial pollution fouling the water supply

Clear is an antonym for foul in dirty topic.

Nearby Words: foulness, fouled, foully, fouling

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / The Big Lebowski And yet, when he's done holding someone at gunpoint over an alleged bowling foul, he unloads the pistol by removing the magazine and then racking the slide to clear the chamber.
  • Not only is he foul-mouthed, it is made clear at one point that it's been at least several weeks since he bathed.
  • Inspector Lestrade This becomes especially clear at the end, where it is revealed that not only was there no foul play involved in what happened to the doctor, he hadn't actually died.
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