foil
noun
- 1
a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
- 2
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
the photographic film was wrapped in foil
- 3
picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- 4
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
- 5
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
pretty girls like plain friends as foils
verb
- 1
cover or back with foil
foil mirrors
- 2
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
foil your opponent
- 3
enhance by contrast
In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background
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