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foil English

Meaning foil meaning

What does foil mean?
Definitions in simple English

foil Noun

— Foil is a very thin sheet of metal. He wrapped his sandwich in aluminium foil.

foil Verb

— To foil is to stop somebody who is trying to do something. The guard was able to foil the bad man from hurting the little girl.

foil

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

Synonyms foil synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as foil?

foil English » English

thwart frustrate rapier baffle spoil scotch cross sword queer hydrofoil enhancer defeat bilk wing transparency leaf impede forestall blade undo tinsel tinfoil stop sheet restrain prevent obstruct mar lamina inhibit hinder disturb destroy cutlass contrast confound check block aerofoil web ward off veneer vane underscore underline trammel tinfoil hat thin sheet metal thin sheet stymy

Conjugation foil conjugation

How do you conjugate foil?

foil · verb

Examples foil examples

How do I use foil in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I finished off one half of the pizza and wrapped the other half in aluminum foil and put it in the fridge.

Movie subtitles

I'll be your foil, Laertes.
I don't believe that. I'm sure there were some other scientific minds capable of rigging a foil, to prevent detection.
Pistol, rapier, foil spear, bow, poison, rifle.
I'll be your foil.
The foil unbated and envenomed.
Do you prefer the foil?
You handle the foil very well.
Foil. lt's a rapier, a thin sword.
In the chocolate cupcakes. But they were wrapped in foil.
There, lying on the carpet underneath the coffee table. what the devil is it? Well, that could. - that could be tin foil or crumpled cellophane.
Get me everything you can on that package store shooting, and make it fast. No sooner said. It's not tin foil.
My dear chap, you are so stupid, I'd love to whip some sense into you with my foil.
Puttin' on the foil.
It comes out of those little foil packets these days.
Oondolences! Elementary. Who is the only person in the hotel that can foil our plan?
I'll be your foil, Laertes. In my ignorance your skills shall, like a star i' the darkest night, shine fiery indeed.
We let them plan another break and then foil them.
You gotta foil the critics.
If you don't foil Falstaff's plot.
Jolly fun it will supply To foil his ploton my house.
Foil.
Silver foil.
But they were wrapped in foil.
Now, the Mask and Foil Club is ideally select. Besides I love to watch fencing.
Destroying this bridge will foil an assault from the east.
I half expected to see you again, but not with a sword in your hand. Do you prefer the foil?
Foil the kidnapping, catch Fletcher, and give him the third degree.
If we use this foil and you squeeze it between the two magnets, then take your gum to hold it in place.
He'll rip us like tin foil.
You'll see tonight, we lined the inside with tin foil.
Why tin foil?
Things that they think will foil the crooks, you know, in your mind.
Well, why was it wrapped in foil?

News and current affairs

And, as President Barack Obama has said, the Libyan people must not be deprived of full ownership of their struggle for freedom, and Qaddafi must not be given a useful foil and scapegoat.
Viewed against this foil, the West - with Stoker's Britain at its pinnacle - emerged as the seat of universal reason.
The United States, moreover, remained a perfect foil for a leader with pretensions to global leadership.
It was to foil this agreement that the military branch of Hamas, run from Damascus, engaged in the provocation that brought a heavy handed response from Israel-which in turn incited Hezbollah to further provocation, opening a second front.
In developing its new security strategy, Europe must consider America's role as an essential component of the geopolitical environment, viewing the US not as a foil, but as a nuanced partner.
The charge of currency manipulation is nothing but a foil for the US to duck responsibility for fixing America's saving problem.

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