1. (a.) Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.

2. (a.) 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.

3. (a.) Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertinent; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature.

4. (a.) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.