foil
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
foil
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"
foil
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"
feather-foil
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a plant of the genus Hottonia
foil
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ 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"
foil
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
foil
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
foil
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
foil
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
foiled
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
foiling
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
foist
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"
foist
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ insert surreptitiously or without warrant