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English to English noun
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a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal |  | Example: the photographic film was wrapped in foil
source: wordnet30
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anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities | | Example: pretty girls like plain friends as foils
source: wordnet30
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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 | | Example: the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils
source: wordnet30
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picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector | | source: wordnet30
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a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button | | source: wordnet30
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Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage. | | source: webster1913
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A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil. | | source: webster1913 verb
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enhance by contrast | | Example: In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background
source: wordnet30
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hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | | Example: What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
foil your opponent
source: wordnet30
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cover or back with foil | | Example: foil mirrors
source: wordnet30
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To tread under foot; to trample. | | source: webster1913
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To defile; to soil. | | source: webster1913
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