Synonyms: foil
Definition: a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
Similar words: fencing sword
Definition: a sword used in the sport of fencing
Synonyms: foil
Definition: a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
Usage: the photographic film was wrapped in foil
Similar words: sheet metal
Definition: sheet of metal formed into a thin plate
Synonyms: foil, transparency
Definition: picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
Similar words: picture, icon, ikon, image
Definition: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
Usage: they showed us the pictures of their wedding; a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them
Definition: 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
Usage: the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils
Similar words: device
Definition: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
Usage: the device is small enough to wear on your wrist; a device intended to conserve water
Definition: anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
Usage: pretty girls like plain friends as foils
Similar words: attention
Definition: a general interest that leads people to want to know more
Usage: She was the center of attention
Synonyms: foil
Definition: cover or back with foil
Usage: foil mirrors
Similar words: cover
Definition: provide with a covering or cause to be covered
Usage: cover her face with a handkerchief; cover the child with a blanket; cover the grave with flowers
Synonyms: spoil, scotch, queer, thwart, bilk, baffle, foil, frustrate, cross
Definition: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Usage: What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge; foil your opponent
Similar words: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
Definition: keep from happening or arising; make impossible
Usage: My sense of tact forbids an honest answer; Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
Synonyms: foil
Definition: enhance by contrast
Usage: In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background
Similar words: counterpoint, contrast
Definition: to show differences when compared; be different
Usage: the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities