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to be a foil for

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  • foil — foil1 foilable, adj. /foyl/, v.t. 1. to prevent the success of; frustrate; balk: Loyal troops foiled his attempt to overthrow the government. 2. to keep (a person) from succeeding in an enterprise, plan, etc. n. 3. Archaic. a defeat; check;… …   Universalium

  • foil — [[t]fɔ͟ɪl[/t]] foils, foiling, foiled 1) N UNCOUNT Foil consists of sheets of metal as thin as paper. It is used to wrap food in. Pour cider around the meat and cover with foil. ...aluminium foil. 2) VERB If you foil someone s plan or attempt to… …   English dictionary

  • foil — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 metal in a thin sheet ADJECTIVE ▪ aluminium (BrE), aluminum (AmE), gold, silver, tin ▪ kitchen (BrE) … OF FOIL …   Collocations dictionary

  • foil — foil1 [fɔıl] n ↑foil [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin folium leaf ] 1.) [U] metal sheets that are as thin as paper, used for wrapping food silver/aluminium/kitchen foil ▪ Cover the chicken with silver foil and bake. →↑tinfoil 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • foil — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, alteration of fullen to full cloth, from Anglo French foller more at full Date: 14th century 1. obsolete trample 2. a. to prevent from attaining an end ; defeat < always able to …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Foil bearing — Foil bearings are a type of air bearing. A shaft is supported by a compliant, spring loaded foil journal lining. Once the shaft is spinning fast enough, the working fluid (usually air), pushes the foil away from the shaft so that there is then no …   Wikipedia

  • Foil kite — Foil kites are soft kites based on the design of the parafoil. They consist of a number of cells running fore to aft, some or all of which are open at the front to allow air to inflate the kite so it takes on an aerofoil section. Due to the… …   Wikipedia

  • Foil — may refer to:Materials: * Metal leaf, a thin sheet of metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Plastic foil, a thin layer of plastics Fluid Mechanics: * Foil (fluid mechanics), a type of wing or blade used to provide lift * Foil… …   Wikipedia

  • FOIL (programming language) — FOIL was the name for two different programming languages. CAI style languageThe first FOIL was a CAI language developed at the University of Michigan in 1967. The acronym stood for File Oriented Interpretive Language and it was very similar to… …   Wikipedia

  • Foil — Foil, n. [OE. foil leaf, OF. foil, fuil, fueil, foille, fueille, F. feuille, fr. L. folium, pl. folia; akin to Gr. ?, and perh. to E. blade. Cf. {Foliage}, {Folio}.] 1. A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Foil stone — Foil Foil, n. [OE. foil leaf, OF. foil, fuil, fueil, foille, fueille, F. feuille, fr. L. folium, pl. folia; akin to Gr. ?, and perh. to E. blade. Cf. {Foliage}, {Folio}.] 1. A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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