foil
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(verb) cover with foil |
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Related Words: cover |
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(verb) enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background" |
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Related Words: contrast, counterpoint |
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(noun) a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button |
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Related Words: fencing sword |
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(noun) a very thin and flexible sheet of metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil" |
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Related Words: aluminum foil, chaff, gold foil, sheet metal, tin foil, tinfoil |
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(noun) a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector |
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Synonyms: transparency |
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Related Words: icon, ikon, image, lantern slide, overhead, picture, slide, viewgraph |
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(verb) to hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge." |
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Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
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Related Words: dash, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, ruin, short-circuit |
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