FOIL

(noun) a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
(noun) a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
"the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
(noun) picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
synonyms : transparency
(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"
synonyms : hydrofoil
(noun) anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
"pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
synonyms : enhancer
(verb) cover or back with foil
"foil mirrors"
(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge", "foil your opponent"
synonyms : baffle , bilk , cross , frustrate , queer , scotch , spoil , thwart
last summer the children did everything they could to baffle their mother's plans for summer classes for them. -added by diviya_inlas
you had to come along just then to bilk all those well laid plans of ours. -added by diviya_inlas
(verb) enhance by contrast
"In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

Mnemonics for foil

(Tag: ) Foil as a verb, sounds like 'Spoil'. Hence: Spoil, Thwart, Queer, Frustrate
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(Tag: :)) foil(verb)-- sounds like foul -- holland made fouls to "defeat" spain but they were not "frustrated" at all
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(Tag: remember foil as "alluminium foils" which is used to wrpa up you food like chapathis and keep them warm!!!)
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(Tag: Definition 5) Aluminium foil is shiny, silver coloured, and it projects a contrasting image--like a mirror.
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(Tag: ) foil=For(f)+OIL. Afghanistan foiled US on the issue of OIL, For oil.
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