Foils

Word FOILS
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /fɔɪlz/

Definitions and meanings of "Foils"

What do we mean by foils?

A very thin sheet of metal.

Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.

A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.

(authorship) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist.

Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.

A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip

A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.

A stylized flower or leaf.

A hydrofoil.

An aerofoil/airfoil.

First. Outside. Inside. Last Urban Dictionary

A thrusting weapon used in fencing. Urban Dictionary

In Australia, a foil, is a $25AUD deal of weed. Urban Dictionary

(v.) To publicly humiliate or embarrass someone. To prove someone wrong in an embarrassing manner. Synonymous with "own" or "pwn." Urban Dictionary

Stands for First Outer Inner Last A math acronym used for multiplying binomials. This is known to the world as the best math operation known to man. It is by far the most useful, this is a scientifically proven FACT and should not be disputed by anyone, ever. Doing so is punishable by death. Urban Dictionary

When two guys poop into each others butthole, a type of fetish Urban Dictionary

A adjective describing any situation where one feels as though their circumstance is beyond their control. It is spoken in an exclamatory fashion in order to exert power over any said event. Through it's use a humourous response is evoked from themselves as well as those around them. Urban Dictionary

An individual package of heroin wrapped in foil, usually of a 10$ value. Foils are sold on the street and through drug dealers. Usually yields 3 to 4 decent-sized lines, providing your dealer isn't a fuck.. Urban Dictionary

A term used to call out some one who has fail, usally used in games when a player as been killed or fails to perform a task. Urban Dictionary

1. (v.) To publicly humiliate or embarrass someone. To prove someone wrong in an embarrassing manner. Synonymous with "own" or "pwn." 2. First. Outside. Inside. Last (A rule for binomial multiplication in mathematics.) 3. A thrusting weapon used in fencing. 4. In Australia, a foil, is a $25AUD deal of weed. 5. A $20nzd deal of marijuana wrapped in tin foil,around 10grams. Also refered to as a tinny. Urban Dictionary

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The word "foils" in example sentences

The use of foils is a literary device for enhancing the traits of one character by contrasting them with the totally opposite traits of another. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She constructed a device for sending alpha particles emitted from radium C to the scintillation screen through thin foils of gold or of copper which acted as primary absorbers for the ordinary a-particles. 53 35 ❋ Unknown (2007)

The showrunner's ADD continually causes them to plow through potentially long-term foils for Jack with shocking speed. ❋ Matt Paproth (2010)

The falfe Guatimala, or true Bahama kind, bears the winter better, is a taller and more vigorous plant, is raifed in greater quantities from the fame extent of iand, will grow in the word foils in the country, and is therefore more cultivated, though inferior in the quality of its dye. ❋ Unknown (1770)

After testing a prototype since December 2007, Mr. Sauer is now ready to deploy a far more powerful series of turbines using "foils" - not unlike an airplane propeller - to efficiently convert water current that's around six knots into as much as 100,000 watts of power.

Applying the foils was a painstaking chore that forced workers to hold their breaths for fear of wrinkling the surface through the impact of their exhalations! ❋ Unknown (2008)

The clack, clack, clack of the foils was the beating of the Sphigxdrum that called men to war, the rattle of crotala that led the dance, a dance in which every movement had to be as quick as possible. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1993)

From the surface it looks like nothing more exciting than a stationary grey barge; but below are two spinning turbines, known as foils, which look like a whirling carbon-fibre double-helix. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sculpture will be imitative, and Architecture merely useful; but there is a great deal of Sculpture -- as this crystal ball [108] for instance, which is not imitative, and a great deal of Architecture which, to some extent is so, as the so called foils of Gothic apertures; and for many other reasons you will find it necessary to keep distinction clear in your minds between the arts -- of whatever kind -- which are imitative, and produce a resemblance or image of something which is not present; and those which are limited to the production of some useful reality, as the blade of a knife, or the wall of a house. ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

Well, some people's "foils" are other people's realities. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm ready to see less of the two girls (or at least see them become real characters and not "foils") and more of a focus on the Winchesters again. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Oh sure, you may not be able to on the spot name one of Shell Head’s top super-villain foils. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A project is underway which aims to integrate a plasma technology-based system into existing machinery to enable fast continuous decontamination of flat packaging materials such as foils, films or lids. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For example, so-called "dancer controls", which are used for continuous products, such as foils, plastics, paper, sheet metal and textiles. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Foil] [gives] me great [pleasure] in multiplying binomials. ❋ Omikron (2005)

He [scored] a point by putting the point of his foil on his [opponent's] [torso]. ❋ The Professor (2003)

"[Do you] [sell] [foil's]?" ❋ Diego (2003)

HP really [foiled] [Falc] by posting his gigantic rambling [love letter] to her for everyone else to see on the internet. ❋ Dantehicks3737 (2005)

Courtney - "Did you hear [the Bobby] does not like to [FOIL]?" [Abbey] - "He should be killed, because that is punishable by death..." ❋ Steve Perry! (2012)

[larry] and [robert] love foiling with [each other] ❋ Robbieboy77 (2009)

When [stubbing] one's toe on the way to the bathroom, it is essential to scream: "[Foiled]!" It can also be used as a verb. (i.e when watching a friend fall down the stairs, "You have been [foiled]!") Foiled can also be used as ownership to one's actions. (i.e when discovering you have ran over your [neighbour's] cat: "Foiled! By my inability to navigate my car!") ❋ Katinka Town (2009)

"dude, I am [fiending] [hardcore], do you have any more [foils]?" ❋ Matt (2003)

Person 1: Oh damn [Demie] fell down [the pipe]! Person 2: [FOILED]! ❋ T-rag (2009)

1. HP really foiled [Falc] by posting his gigantic rambling [love letter] to her for everyone else to see on the internet. 2. You want a math example? Seriously? Give me a break. 3. He scored a point by putting the point of his foil on his opponent's torso. 4. "Do you sell [foil's]?" 5. "Yo, do you know where I can score me a foil?" ❋ Will The Awesome (2007)

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