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foil

/ foil /

noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1

a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button

Type of:

fencing sword

noun Sense 2

a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal

"the photographic film was wrapped in foil"

Type of:

sheet metal

Kinds of:

aluminum foil aluminium foil tin foil chaff gold foil

Derived:

foliate

noun Sense 3

picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector

Type of:

picture image icon

Kinds of:

slide lantern slide viewgraph overhead

noun Sense 4

anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing''s good qualities

"pretty girls like plain friends as foils"

Type of:

attention

Derived:

enhance

verb Sense 5

cover or back with foil

"foil mirrors"

Type of:

cover

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

verb Sense 6

enhance by contrast

"In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

Type of:

contrast counterpoint

Derived:

enhancer

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

noun Sense 7

a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through

"the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"

Type of:

device

verb Sense 8

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth''s amazing September surge"

"foil your opponent"

Type of:

prevent forestall foreclose

Kinds of:

disappoint let down dash short-circuit ruin

Derived:

frustration defeat thwarting foiling cross

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fencing sword sheet metal aluminum foil aluminium foil tin foil chaff gold foil picture image icon slide lantern slide