- verbfoil (verb) · foils (third person present) · foiled (past tense) · foiled (past participle) · foiling (present participle)
- prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding:"a brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery"
- frustrate the efforts or plans of:"Errol Flynn was a dashing Mountie foiling Nazi agents in Canada"
- hunting(of a hunted animal) run over or cross (ground or a scent or track) in such a way as to confuse the hounds.
nounfoil (noun) · foils (plural noun)- huntingthe track or scent of a hunted animal.
- archaica setback in an enterprise; a defeat.
OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘trample down’): perhaps from Old French fouler ‘to full cloth, trample’, based on Latin fullo ‘fuller’. Compare with full.nounfoil (noun) · foils (plural noun)- metal hammered or rolled into a thin flexible sheet, used chiefly for covering or wrapping food:"aluminum foil"
- a person or thing that contrasts with and so emphasizes and enhances the qualities of another:"the earthy taste of grilled vegetables is a perfect foil for the tart bite of creamy goat cheese"
- a thin leaf of metal placed under a precious stone to increase its brilliance.
- architecturea leaf-shaped curve formed by the cusping of an arch or circle, typically occurring in groups of three or more in Gothic tracery.
OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin folium ‘leaf’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding:
noun- a person or thing that contrasts with and so emphasizes and enhances the qualities of another:
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