Comment prononcer "foil"

• "foil" prononcé en Anglais.

• "FOIL" prononcé en Anglais.

Signification et définition de "foil"

Noun

a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"

Synonymes:

• foil

Noun

anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"

Synonymes:

• foil
• enhancer

Noun

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"

Synonymes:

• hydrofoil
• foil

Noun

picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector

Synonymes:

• foil
• transparency

Noun

a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button

Synonymes:

• foil

Verb

enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

Synonymes:

• foil

Verb

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

Synonymes:

• thwart
• queer
• spoil
• scotch
• foil
• cross
• frustrate
• baffle
• bilk

Verb

cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"

Synonymes:

• foil