[fɔɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding
(e.g: a brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery)


Phrases:

Origin:
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


Phrases:

Origin:
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


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin folium ‘leaf’

[fɔɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a light, blunt-edged fencing sword with a button on its point


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: of unknown origin

[fɔɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- each of the structures fitted to a hydrofoil's hull to lift it clear of the water at speed


Phrases:

Origin:
abbreviation of hydrofoil