FOIL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
   Hypernyms(s) foil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fencing sword (what does fencing sword mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
   Usage Example(s)
   • the photographic film was wrapped in foil
   Hypernyms(s) foil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sheet metal (what does sheet metal mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • aluminum foil (what does aluminum foil mean?)
   • aluminium foil (what does aluminium foil mean?)
   • tin foil (what does tin foil mean?)
   • chaff (what does chaff mean?)
   • gold foil (what does gold foil mean?)
   • tinfoil (what does tinfoil mean?)
   • tin foil (what does tin foil mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • foil (what does foil mean?)
   • foliate (what does foliate mean?)
   • foliate (what does foliate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base
   • viewed with a projector
   Synonym(s)
   • transparency (what does transparency mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) foil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • picture (what does picture mean?)
   • image (what does image mean?)
   • icon (what does icon mean?)
   • ikon (what does ikon mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • slide (what does slide mean?)
   • lantern slide (what does lantern slide mean?)
   • viewgraph (what does viewgraph mean?)
   • overhead (what does overhead mean?)
4. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • hydrofoil (what does hydrofoil mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils
   Hypernyms(s) foil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • device (what does device mean?)
5. Meaning
   • anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing’’s good qualities
   Synonym(s)
   • enhancer (what does enhancer mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • pretty girls like plain friends as foils
   Hypernyms(s) foil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • attention (what does attention mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • enhance (what does enhance mean?)
   • foil (what does foil mean?)

FOIL as VERB

1. Meaning
   • cover or back with foil
   Usage Example(s)
   • foil mirrors
   Hypernyms(s) foil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cover (what does cover mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • foil (what does foil mean?)
2. Meaning
   • hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
   Synonym(s)
   • baffle (what does baffle mean?)
   • bilk (what does bilk mean?)
   • cross (what does cross mean?)
   • frustrate (what does frustrate mean?)
   • queer (what does queer mean?)
   • scotch (what does scotch mean?)
   • spoil (what does spoil mean?)
   • thwart (what does thwart mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth’’s amazing September surge
   • foil your opponent
   Hypernyms(s) foil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • prevent (what does prevent mean?)
   • forestall (what does forestall mean?)
   • foreclose (what does foreclose mean?)
   • preclude (what does preclude mean?)
   • forbid (what does forbid mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • disappoint (what does disappoint mean?)
   • let down (what does let down mean?)
   • dash (what does dash mean?)
   • short-circuit (what does short-circuit mean?)
   • ruin (what does ruin mean?)
   See Also
   • double cross (what does double cross mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • frustration (what does frustration mean?)
   • frustration (what does frustration mean?)
   • defeat (what does defeat mean?)
   • frustration (what does frustration mean?)
   • thwarting (what does thwarting mean?)
   • foiling (what does foiling mean?)
   • cross (what does cross mean?)
   • crown of thorns (what does crown of thorns mean?)
   • frustration (what does frustration mean?)
   • thwarting (what does thwarting mean?)
   • foiling (what does foiling mean?)
   • obstructionist (what does obstructionist mean?)
   • obstructor (what does obstructor mean?)
   • obstructer (what does obstructer mean?)
   • resister (what does resister mean?)
   • thwarter (what does thwarter mean?)
   • frustration (what does frustration mean?)
   • thwarting (what does thwarting mean?)
   • foiling (what does foiling mean?)
3. Meaning
   • enhance by contrast
   Usage Example(s)
   • In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background
   Hypernyms(s) foil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • contrast (what does contrast mean?)
   • counterpoint (what does counterpoint mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • foil (what does foil mean?)
   • enhancer (what does enhancer mean?)