foil

1. A piece of thin and flexible sheet metal (synset 103380540)
   "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
   is a type of: sheet metal - sheet of metal formed into a thin plate
   subtypes:

   • aluminium foil, aluminum foil, tin foil - foil made of aluminum
   • chaff - foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure
   • gold foil - foil made of gold
   • tin foil, tinfoil - foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead
2. Anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities (synset 105862489)
   "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
   is a type of: attention - a general interest that leads people to want to know more
   same as: enhancer
3. 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 (synset 103558199)
   "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"
   is a type of: device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
   same as: hydrofoil
4. Picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base;
   Viewed with a projector (synset 103380802)
   is a type of: icon, ikon, image, picture - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
   subtypes:

   • lantern slide, slide - a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
   • overhead, viewgraph - a transparency for use with an overhead projector
   same as: transparency
5. A light slender flexible sword tipped by a button (synset 103380421)
   referred to in: fencing - the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules)
   is a type of: fencing sword - a sword used in the sport of fencing

1. Enhance by contrast (synset 202745563)
   "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"
   is a type of: contrast, counterpoint - to show differences when compared; be different
2. Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of (synset 202563998)
   "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
   is a type of: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent - keep from happening or arising; make impossible
   subtypes:

   • disappoint, let down - fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
   • dash - destroy or break
   • short-circuit - hamper the progress of; impede
   • ruin - destroy or cause to fail
   same as: baffle, bilk, cross, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart
3. Cover or back with foil (synset 201337757)
   "foil mirrors"
   is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered

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