foil
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
the photographic film was wrapped in foil
Types & categories
- sheet metal hypernym
- aluminum foil hyponym
- chaff hyponym
- gold foil hyponym
- tin foil hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
enhance by contrast
In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background
Types & categories
- counterpoint hypernym
Related & opposite
- enhancer derivation
Sense 3 noun
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
pretty girls like plain friends as foils
Types & categories
- attention hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
Types & categories
- foreclose hypernym
- disappoint hyponym
- dash hyponym
- short-circuit hyponym
- ruin hyponym
Related & opposite
- double cross also see
- thwarting derivation
- frustration derivation
- frustration derivation
- obstructor derivation
- crown of thorns derivation
- thwarting derivation
Sense 5 noun
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
the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils
Types & categories
- device hypernym
Sense 6 verb
cover or back with foil
foil mirrors
Types & categories
- cover hypernym
Related & opposite
- foil derivation
Sense 7 noun
picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
Types & categories
- ikon hypernym
- lantern slide hyponym
- viewgraph hyponym
Sense 8 noun
a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
Types & categories
- fencing sword hypernym
Related & opposite
- fencing domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | foliate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | foil |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | foliate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sheet metal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aluminum foil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chaff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gold foil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tin foil |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | enhancer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | counterpoint |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | enhance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | foil |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | attention |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | double cross |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwarting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | frustration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | frustration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | obstructor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | crown of thorns |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwarting |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | foreclose |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | disappoint |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dash |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | short-circuit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruin |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | foil |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | ikon |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | lantern slide |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | viewgraph |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | fencing |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | fencing sword |