foil

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  • February 20. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    foil noun english

    a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"

  • February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    foil noun english

    anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"

  • February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    foil noun english

    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"

  • February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    foil noun english

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

  • February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    foil noun english

    a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    foil verb english

    enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    foil verb english

    hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    foil verb english

    cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"