"run afoul" meaning in All languages combined

See run afoul on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: runs afoul [present, singular, third-person], running afoul [participle, present], ran afoul [past], run afoul [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> afoul}} run afoul (third-person singular simple present runs afoul, present participle running afoul, simple past ran afoul, past participle run afoul)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, nautical) To become entangled or in conflict with. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Nautical Related terms: run afoul of
    Sense id: en-run_afoul-en-verb-KgmUZQC~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: nautical, transport
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs afoul",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running afoul",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran afoul",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run afoul",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> afoul"
      },
      "expansion": "run afoul (third-person singular simple present runs afoul, present participle running afoul, simple past ran afoul, past participle run afoul)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1857, Thomas Jefferson Farnham, Life, Adventures, and Travels in California, page 407:",
          "text": "At last we hove in sight of the Pacific, and run afoul one of those villainous head winds which you know often set into the west end of the Straits.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, James Laurence Pelletier, Mariner's Employment Guide, page 514:",
          "text": "Propellers can run afoul in heavy seaweed, and ships are said to be afoul when they collide.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become entangled or in conflict with."
      ],
      "id": "en-run_afoul-en-verb-KgmUZQC~",
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, nautical) To become entangled or in conflict with."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "run afoul of"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "run afoul"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs afoul",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running afoul",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran afoul",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run afoul",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> afoul"
      },
      "expansion": "run afoul (third-person singular simple present runs afoul, present participle running afoul, simple past ran afoul, past participle run afoul)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "run afoul of"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1857, Thomas Jefferson Farnham, Life, Adventures, and Travels in California, page 407:",
          "text": "At last we hove in sight of the Pacific, and run afoul one of those villainous head winds which you know often set into the west end of the Straits.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, James Laurence Pelletier, Mariner's Employment Guide, page 514:",
          "text": "Propellers can run afoul in heavy seaweed, and ships are said to be afoul when they collide.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become entangled or in conflict with."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, nautical) To become entangled or in conflict with."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "run afoul"
}

Download raw JSONL data for run afoul meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.