Word: foil
Category: foil
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aluminum, aluminum foil, how to foil, tin foil, gold foil, salmon in foil, foil paper, foil method, silver foil, foil character, foil weird al, weird al, scott foil, nail foil, drano, baked potatoes, chicken in foil, definition of foil
Synonyms: foil
eyeglass
Translations: foil
foil in spanish
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spanish
Translations:
frustrar
foil in german
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german
Translations:
folie, florett, fischblase, metallfolie, durchkreuzen
foil in french
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french
Translations:
déjouer, fleuret, feuille
foil in italian
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italian
Translations:
foglio, lamina, sventare
foil in portuguese
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portuguese
Translations:
despistar, neblina, névoa
foil in dutch
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dutch
Translations:
folie
foil in russian
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russian
Translations:
срывать, станиоль, наводка, рапира, фольга, фон
foil in norwegian
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norwegian
Translations:
folie, forpurre
foil in finnish
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finnish
Translations:
kalvo, kelmu, lehtimetalli
foil in czech
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czech
Translations:
fólie, zhatit, zmařit
foil in polish
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polish
Translations:
udaremnić, floret, udaremniać, folia
foil in hungarian
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hungarian
Translations:
kontraszt
foil in turkish
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turkish
Translations:
engellemek, varak
foil in greek
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greek
Translations:
αποτρέπω, ματαιώνω
foil in ukrainian
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ukrainian
Translations:
фольга, фон, фонове, тло, станіоль, фоновий
foil in belarusian
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belarusian
Translations:
лiст
foil in estonian
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estonian
Translations:
slaid, eristuma, taust
foil in croatian
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croatian
Translations:
folija, staniol
foil in slovak
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slovak
Translations:
fólie, prekaziť
The meaning and "use of": foil
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 light fencing sword without cutting edges but with a button on its point. - Each adversary was dressed in a white jacket, the buttons of their foils were dipped in liquid; that of Lapiere's red, Le Brun's black.
- each of the winglike structures fitted to a hydrofoil's hull to lift it clear of the water at speed. - Roller-furling headsails should be removed from the foils not only do they create windage but the chance of their unrolling is great.
- prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding. - a brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery
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