foil
/fɔɪl/
विफल पार्नु, परास्त गर्नु
noun
1. foil
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
"the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
2. enhancer
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
"pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
3. hydrofoil
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"
4. transparency
picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base
viewed with a projector
5. foil
a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
verb
1. foil
enhance by contrast
"In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"
2. thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
"foil your opponent"
3. foil
cover or back with foil
"foil mirrors"
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