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foil - a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil" |
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sheet metal sheet of metal formed into a thin plate
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aluminium foil,
aluminum foil,
tin foil foil made of aluminum
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chaff foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure
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gold foil foil made of gold
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tinfoil,
tin foil foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead
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foil - picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector |
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transparency |
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icon,
ikon,
image,
picture a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
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lantern slide,
slide the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"
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overhead,
viewgraph a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
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foil - anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils" |
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enhancer |
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attention a courteous act indicating affection; "she tried to win his heart with her many attentions"
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foil - a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button |
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fencing sword a sword used in the sport of fencing
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fencing the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules)
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| verbo |
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foil - cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors" |
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cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!"
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foil - enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background" |
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contrast,
counterpoint put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student"
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