English to English
foil
(f//Oi//l
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noun (n)
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal(noun.artifact)Example:
The photographic film was wrapped in foil.
source: wordnet30 - anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities(noun.cognition)Example:
Pretty girls like plain friends as foils.
source: wordnet30 - 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(noun.artifact)Example:
The fins of a fish act as hydrofoils.
source: wordnet30 - picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.(noun)source: webster1913
- A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- enhance by contrast(verb.stative)Example:
In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background.
source: wordnet30 - cover or back with foil(verb.contact)Example:
Foil mirrors.
source: wordnet30 - To tread under foot; to trample.(verb)source: webster1913
- To defile; to soil.(verb)source: webster1913