Definitions of foreign

1. not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; " water free of extraneous matter"; " foreign particles in milk"

2. relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; " foreign nations"; " a foreign accent"; " on business in a foreign city"

3. of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations ( other than your own); " foreign trade"; " a foreign office"

4. Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.

5. Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits.

6. Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.

7. Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; - with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature.

8. Belonging to another country: from abroad: not belonging to, unconnected: not appropriate.

9. Of another country; unconnected; not to the purpose; not in accord with.

10. Belonging to another nation or country; alien; remote; not connected; not to the purpose. Foreign plea, an objection to a judge as incompetent to try the question, the case not being within his jurisdiction.

11. External; alien; belonging to another nation or country; not to the purpose; remote; not native or natural.