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Hindi
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Roman
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चमकी
, पन्नी
, विफल करना
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chamaki
, chamaki
, vifal karana
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Foil
- (n.) Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.
- (n.) A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil.
- (v. t.) To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.
- (v. t.) To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase.
- (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- (v. t.) To defile; to soil.
- (v. t.) To tread under foot; to trample.
- (n.) The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed.
- (n.) A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.
- (n.) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones.
- (n.) The track or trail of an animal.
- (n.) A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point.
Synonyms:
Baffle, Bilk, Cross, Enhancer, Frustrate, Queer, Scotch, Spoil, Thwart, Transparency,
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• Foilable
- (a.) Capable of being foiled.
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• Foiled
- (imp. & p. p.) of Foil
Synonyms:
Defeated, Disappointed, Discomfited, Frustrated, Thwarted,
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backbite, tunes, flatulence, bloods, parlour, meaning, turnip, paragon, conjunction, gypsy, oracular, opus, opulent, obelized, pursuing, swivel, fin, buzzes, eye, convention, broccoli, extrication, broadside, magic lantern, napes, nape, mythical, motif, blasphemous, divorce, avenue, bagging, |
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Pursue, Opposite, Mean, Pecan, Chive, Meaning, Mine, Love, Breast, Flower, Thought, Abuse, Be, Oyster, Prune, Douche, Lust, Exercise, Tit, Hazelnut, Anise, Beautiful, As, Power, Orgasm, Volcano, Obsess, Corruption, Experience, Vide, Pearl, Asparagus, |
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