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Foil

Foil Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Foil? [n] a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button [n] a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil" [n] picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector [n] 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" [n] anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils" [v] cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors" [v] hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [v] enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Foil: baffle \| bilk \| cross \| enhancer \| frustrate \| hydrofoil \| queer \| scotch \| spoil \| thwart \| transparency Related Terms \| Find terms related to Foil: actor \| actress \| antagonist \| antipode \| antipodes \| antipole \| antithesis \| antonym \| background \| background detail \| bad guy \| baffle \| bafflement \| balk \| balking \| barnstormer \| beat \| bilbo \| bilk \| blast \| brave \| broadsword \| buffalo \| cast down \| challenge \| character \| character actor \| character man \| character woman \| check \| checkmate \| child actor \| circumvent \| claymore \| coat \| coating \| collop \| confound \| confounding \| confront \| confusion \| contra \| contravene \| converse \| counter \| counteract \| counterbalance \| countercheck \| countermand \| counterpoint \| counterpoise \| counterpole \| counterterm \| counterwork \| covering \| cross \| curb \| cut \| cutlass \| dash \| daunt \| deal \| deceive \| decorative composition \| decorative style \| defeat \| defeat expectation \| defy \| design \| destroy \| detail \| disappoint \| discomfit \| discomfiture \| disconcert \| disconcertion \| discountenance \| diseur \| diseuse \| dish \| disillusion \| disk \| disrupt \| dissatisfy \| dramatizer \| elude \| embarrass \| epee \| evade \| falchion \| faze \| feeder \| feuille \| figure \| film \| flake \| flap \| flummox \| foiling \| fold \| foreground detail \| form \| frustrate \| frustration \| get around \| get round \| give the runaround \| give the slip \| glaive \| go one better \| hamper \| heavy \| histrio \| histrion \| impede \| ingenue \| inverse \| juvenile \| knock the chocks \| lamella \| lamina \| laminated glass \| laminated wood \| lamination \| lap \| layer \| leaf \| let down \| matinee idol \| membrane \| mime \| mimer \| mimic \| monologist \| motif \| mummer \| national style \| nonplus \| nullify \| obverse \| offset \| opposite \| opposite number \| ornamental motif \| outfigure \| outflank \| outgeneral \| outguess \| outmaneuver \| outplay \| outreach \| outsmart \| outwit \| overreach \| pane \| panel \| pantomime \| pantomimist \| parry \| pass the buck \| patina \| pattern \| peel \| pellicle \| period style \| perplex \| plait \| plank \| plate \| plating \| playactor \| player \| ply \| plywood \| protean actor \| rapier \| rasher \| rattle \| rebuff \| reciter \| repeated figure \| repulse \| restrain \| reversal \| reverse \| Roscius \| rout \| ruin \| saber \| sabotage \| safety glass \| scale \| scimitar \| scotch \| scum \| setback \| setoff \| setting \| sheet \| skin \| slab \| slat \| slice \| soubrette \| spike \| spoil \| stage performer \| stage player \| stonewall \| stooge \| straight man \| stroller \| strolling player \| stump \| style \| table \| tablet \| tantalize \| tease \| the contrary \| the other side \| theatrical \| theme \| thespian \| thwart \| thwarting \| touch \| trouper \| tuck \| upset \| utility man \| veneer \| victimize \| villain \| vis-a-vis \| wafer See Also \| aluminium foil \| aluminum foil \| attention \| chaff \| contrast \| counterpoint \| cover \| dash \| device \| disappoint \| double cross \| fencing sword \| forbid \| foreclose \| forestall \| gold foil \| icon \| ikon \| image \| lantern slide \| let down \| overhead \| picture \| preclude \| prevent \| ruin \| sheet metal \| short-circuit \| slide \| tin foil \| tinfoil \| viewgraph Foil In Webster's Dictionary \Foil\ (foil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foiled} (foild); p. pr. & vb. n. {Foiling}.] [F. fouler to tread or trample under one's feet, to press, oppress. See {Full}, v. t.] 1. To tread under foot; to trample. King Richard . . . caused the ensigns of Leopold to be pulled down and foiled under foot. --Knoless. Whom he did all to pieces breake and foyle, In filthy durt, and left so in the loathely soyle. --Spenser. 2. To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat. And by ? mortal man at length am foiled. --Dryden. Her long locks that foil the painter's power. --Byron. 3. To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase. --Addison. \Foil\, v. t. [See 6th {File}.] To defile; to soil. [Obs.] \Foil\, n. 1. Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage. --Milton. Nor e'er was fate so near a foil. --Dryden. 2. A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point. Blunt as the fencer's foils, which hit, but hurt not. --Shak. Isocrates contended with a foil against Demosthenes with a word. --Mitford. 3. The track or trail of an animal. {To run a foil},to lead astray; to puzzle; -- alluding to the habits of some animals of running back over the same track to mislead their pursuers. --Brewer. \Foil\, n. [OE. foil leaf, OF. foil, fuil, fueil, foille, fueille, F. feuille, fr. L. folium, pl. folia; akin to Gr. ?, and perh. to E. blade. Cf. {Foliage}, {Folio}.] 1. A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil. 2. (Jewelry) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones. --Ure. 3. Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage. As she a black silk cap on him began To set, for foil of his milk-white to serve. --Sir P. Sidney. Hector has a foil to set him off. --Broome. 4. A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection. 5. (Arch.) The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed. {Foil stone}, an imitation of a jewel or precious stone.

Foil Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Foil?

[n] a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
[n] a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
[n] picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
[n] 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"
[n] anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
[v] cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"
[v] hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
[v] enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

Foil In Webster's Dictionary

\Foil\ (foil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foiled} (foild); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Foiling}.] [F. fouler to tread or trample under
one's feet, to press, oppress. See {Full}, v. t.]
1. To tread under foot; to trample.

         King Richard . . . caused the ensigns of Leopold to
         be pulled down and foiled under foot. --Knoless.

         Whom he did all to pieces breake and foyle, In
         filthy durt, and left so in the loathely soyle.
                                               --Spenser.

2. To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to
   baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.

         And by ? mortal man at length am foiled. --Dryden.

         Her long locks that foil the painter's power.
                                               --Byron.

3. To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in
   chase. --Addison.


\Foil\, v. t. [See 6th {File}.]
To defile; to soil. [Obs.]


\Foil\, n.
1. Failure of success when on the point of attainment;
   defeat; frustration; miscarriage. --Milton.

         Nor e'er was fate so near a foil.     --Dryden.

2. A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in
   the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the
   point.

         Blunt as the fencer's foils, which hit, but hurt
         not.                                  --Shak.

         Isocrates contended with a foil against Demosthenes
         with a word.                          --Mitford.

3. The track or trail of an animal.

{To run a foil},to lead astray; to puzzle; -- alluding to the
   habits of some animals of running back over the same track
   to mislead their pursuers. --Brewer.


\Foil\, n. [OE. foil leaf, OF. foil, fuil, fueil, foille,
fueille, F. feuille, fr. L. folium, pl. folia; akin to Gr. ?,
and perh. to E. blade. Cf. {Foliage}, {Folio}.]
1. A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin
   foil; gold foil.

2. (Jewelry) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and
   burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors
   mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give
   color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones. --Ure.

3. Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to
   adorn or set off another thing to advantage.

         As she a black silk cap on him began To set, for
         foil of his milk-white to serve.      --Sir P.
                                               Sidney.

         Hector has a foil to set him off.     --Broome.

4. A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of
   a looking-glass, to cause reflection.

5. (Arch.) The space between the cusps in Gothic
   architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows,
   niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil,
   quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of
   arcs of which it is composed.

{Foil stone}, an imitation of a jewel or precious stone.

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