foil

I foil verb

(to defeat; to disappoint: She was foiled in her attempt to become President.) slå ut, forpurre, narre, skuffe

II foil noun

1) (extremely thin sheets of metal that resemble paper: silver foil.) folie

2) (a dull person or thing against which someone or something else seems brighter: She acted as a foil to her beautiful sister.) noe som framhever/setter i relieff

III foil noun

(a blunt sword with a button at the end, used in the sport of fencing.) florett, kårde

folie

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forpurre

I

subst. \/fɔɪl\/

1) folie, bladmetall

2) (kledelig) bakgrunn

3) (om speil) belegg, foliering

4) (om edelsten) folie (som underlag)

5) (arkitektur, i gotisk vindu) bladornament

be\/serve as a foil to tjene som bakgrunn for

II

subst. \/fɔɪl\/

1) (jakt) spor (etter jaget dyr), fert

2) (gammeldags) tilbakeslag, nederlag

run (upon) the foil løpe i samme spor, krysse sporet igjen

III

subst. \/fɔɪl\/

(fekting) florett

IV

verb \/fɔɪl\/

1) foliere, dekke med folie

2) danne bakgrunn for, fremheve, sette i relieff

V

verb \/fɔɪl\/

1) hindre, forpurre, ødelegge

• you foiled the plan

du ødela planen

• he was foiled by the rain

han ble hindret av regnet

2) (jakt) krysse sporet (for å forville hundene)

foil someone's attempts forpurre noens planer