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foil



I - noun
1. a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal (Freq. 5)
- the photographic film was wrapped in foil
Derivationally related forms:
foliate
Hypernyms:
sheet metal
Hyponyms:
aluminum foil, aluminium foil, tin foil, chaff, gold foil, tinfoil
2. anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- pretty girls like plain friends as foils
Syn:
enhancer
Derivationally related forms:
enhance (for: enhancer)
Hypernyms:
attention
3. 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
Syn:
hydrofoil
Hypernyms:
device
4. picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base;
viewed with a projector
Syn:
transparency
Hypernyms:
picture, image, icon, ikon
Hyponyms:
slide, lantern slide, viewgraph, overhead
5. a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
Topics:
fencing
Hypernyms:
fencing sword

II - verb
1. enhance by contrast (Freq. 1)
- In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background
Hypernyms:
contrast, counterpoint
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of (Freq. 1)
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
Syn:
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, cross,
frustrate, baffle, bilk
See Also:
double cross (for: cross)
Derivationally related forms:
frustrative (for: frustrate), frustration (for: frustrate), cross (for: cross), foiling, thwarter (for: thwart), thwarting (for: thwart)
Hypernyms:
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Hyponyms:
disappoint, let down, dash, short-circuit, ruin
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. cover or back with foil
- foil mirrors
Hypernyms:
cover
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

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