foil in English dictionary

  • foil

    Meanings and definitions of "foil"

    • A very thin sheet of metal.
    • (uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
    • A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
    • (figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc, a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character.
    • (figuratively) Anything that acts to emphasise the characteristics of something.
    • (fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
    • A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
    • (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf.
    • Shortened form of hydrofoil.
    • Shortened form of aerofoil/airfoil.
    • To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
    • (hunting) The track of an animal.
    • (mathematics) To multiply two binomials together.
    • To enhance by contrast.
    • noun
      Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
    • noun
      One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
    • noun
      (hunting)
      The track of an animal.
    • noun
      A very thin sheet of metal.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
    • noun
      A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character.
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
    • noun
      (fencing)
      A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
    • noun
      A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
    • noun
      (heraldry)
      A stylized flower or leaf.
    • noun
      Shortened form of hydrofoil.
    • noun
      Shortened form of aerofoil/airfoil.
    • verb
      (obsolete)
      To defile; to soil.
    • verb
      (mathematics)
      To multiply two binomials together.
    • verb
      To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
    • verb
      To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
    • verb
      To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
    • verb
      (obsolete)
      To tread underfoot; to trample.
    • A piece of thin and flexible sheet metal.
    • A light slender flexible sword tipped by a button.
    • 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.
    • To cover or back with foil.
    • A picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector.
    • Anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities.
    • person who makes someone else appear better
    • To hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.
    • thin sheet of metal
    • thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food
    • type of sword used in fencing
    • thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant
    • character who helps emphasise the traits of the main character
    • prevent from being accomplished
    • to multiply two binomials together
    • noun
      anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
    • noun
      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"
    • noun
      a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
    • noun
      a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
    • noun
      picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
    • verb
      cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"
    • verb
      enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"
    • verb
      hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

    Synonyms of "foil" in English dictionary

    prevent, double cross, image are the top synonyms of "foil" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of foil

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza foil; lm  liczba mnoga foils
    • foil ( countable and uncountable;  plural  foils)
    • foil ( plural  foils)
    • foil ( third-person singular simple present foils, present participle foiling, simple past and past participle foiled)
    • foil (plural foils)
    • foil (uncountable)
    • foil (third-person singular simple present foils, present participle foiling, simple past and past participle foiled)
  • FOIL

    Meanings and definitions of "foil"

    • A particular algorithm for multiplying two binomials.
    • (transitive) To apply the FOIL algorithm to.
    • proper
      A particular mnemonic algorithm for multiplying two binomials.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To apply the FOIL algorithm to.

    Grammar and declension of foil

    • FOIL ( third-person singular simple present FOILs, present participle FOILing, simple past and past participle FOILed)
    • FOIL (third-person singular simple present FOILs, present participle FOILing, simple past and past participle FOILed)
  • Foil

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