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foiling
We have found lemma(root) word of foiling : foil.
Definitions
[fɔɪl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding
(e.g: a brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery)
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Middle English (in the sense ‘trample down’): perhaps from Old French fouler ‘to full cloth, trample’, based on Latin fullo ‘fuller’. Compare with full
[fɔɪl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the track or scent of a hunted animal
- a setback in an enterprise; a defeat
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Origin
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Middle English (in the sense ‘trample down’): perhaps from Old French fouler ‘to full cloth, trample’, based on Latin fullo ‘fuller’. Compare with full
[fɔɪl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- metal hammered or rolled into a thin flexible sheet, used chiefly for covering or wrapping food
(e.g: aluminium foil)
- a person or thing that contrasts with and so emphasizes and enhances the qualities of another
(e.g: his white cravat was a perfect foil for his bronzed features)
- a leaf-shaped curve formed by the cusping of an arch or circle
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Middle English: via Old French from Latin folium ‘leaf’
[fɔɪl], (Noun)
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- a light, blunt-edged fencing sword with a button on its point
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late 16th century: of unknown origin
[fɔɪl], (Noun)
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- each of the structures fitted to a hydrofoil's hull to lift it clear of the water at speed
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abbreviation of hydrofoil
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