foil
/fɔɪl/ verb C2- To prevent (something) from being accomplished. · They foiled my plans.
- To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something. · I was foiled by my superior.
- To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
He/she/it foils · Past foiled · Past participle foiled · -ing form foiling
Verb forms
- Base form
- foil
- He/she/it
- foils
- Past
- foiled
- Past participle
- foiled
- -ing form
- foiling
From the library
The crate upon which I sit contains 2,000 napoleons packed between layers of lead foil.
“I feel a foil as quick and supple as my own.
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