Foil
noun
- 1.
- (metal rolled into a paper like sheet, something that sets off another thing by contrast. slender sword with a blunt point, used in fencing) សន្ធឹកស្ដើងៗ, បន្ទះស្ដើងៗ, mirror foil លោហធាតុដាក់នៅក្រោយកញ្ចក់អោយចាំងពន្លឺឬឆ្លុះស្រមោល, perfect foil អ្វីៗដែលធ្វើអោយអ្វីមួយផ្សេងលេចឡើង
verb — past tense: foiled ; past participle: foiled ; present participle: foiling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To frustrate, to baffle) ធ្វើអោយខកខាន, សម្រេច
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- 2.
- A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point.
- 3.
- The track or trail of an animal.
- 4.
- A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil.
- 5.
- 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.
- 6.
- Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.
- 7.
- A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.
- 8.
- 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.
verb — past tense: foiled ; past participle: foiled ; present participle: foiling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To tread under foot; to trample.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase.
- 1.
- To defile, to soil