Foil (IPA: /ˈfɔɪɫ/)
| Foil (v. t.) |
To tread under foot; to trample. |
| Foil (v. t.) |
To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat. |
| Foil (v. t.) |
To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase. |
| Foil (v. t.) |
To defile; to soil. |
| Foil (n.) |
Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage. |
| Foil (n.) |
A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point. |
| Foil (n.) |
The track or trail of an animal. |
| Foil (n.) |
A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil. |
| Foil (n.) |
A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones. |
| Foil (n.) |
Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage. |
| Foil (n.) |
A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection. |
| Foil (n.) |
The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed. |
| Foil |
Very thin sheet metal, usually made by hammering or rolling |
| Foil |
Fencing weapon |
| Foil |
Artistic representation of circular leaf shapes used in architecture |
| Foil |
Character who contrasts with another character of a narrative work |
| Foil |
Unincorporated community in Missouri |
| Foil Synonyms |
Enhancer |
| Foil Synonyms |
Hydrofoil |
| Foil Synonyms |
Transparency |
| Foil Synonyms |
Cross, Thwart, Double Cross, Scotch, Queer, Frustrate, Spoil, Bilk, Baffle |
| Foil (Last Name / Surname) |
Foil is the #45,804 most common last name / surname from the 2010 United States Census. The census reported that 466 people had that surname. |
| Translations |
Foil in Spanish |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Tin foil as reality." - Jay Leiderman |
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