Definizione monolingua

foil

foil (third-person singular simple present foils, present participle foiling, simple past and past participle foiled)

1. To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
2. To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
   • 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, BBC Sport:

     First, former Toffee Mikel Arteta sent Walcott racing clear but instead of shooting he squared towards Ramsey, who was foiled by Tony Hibbert.

foil (countable and uncountable; plural foils)

1. A very thin sheet of metal.
2. (uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
3. A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
4. (figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc, a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character.
5. (figuratively) Anything that acts to emphasise the characteristics of something.
6. (fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
7. A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
8. (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf.
9. Shortened form of hydrofoil.
10. Shortened form of aerofoil/airfoil.

Definizione dizionario foil

Il nostro dizionario è liberamente ispirato al wikidizionario .... The online encyclopedia in which any reasonable person can join us in writing and editing entries on any encyclopedic topic

Forum

Hai un dubbio diverso?

 Invia

lblPageName>
unit>0
exercise>0
lblCombo>0
forum:
all_message_forum>0
last_message_forum>0
forum_x_now>0

Altre materie

Questo sito fa parte di baobab.school. Il progetto vorrebbe ambiziosamente librarare la cultura e trasformare i vecchi contenuti stampati in nuovo materiale fruibile in modo "2.0". Baobab.school raccoglie metaforicamente sotto il suo ombrello tutti quei siti che sposano il suo pensiero: "cultura libera per tutti"

Italiano
Grammatica italiana
Italiano per stranieri

Inglese
Grammatica inglese
Esercizi di inglese

STEM
Corsi di informatica
Matematica

LINGUE STRANIERE
Tedesco
Spagnolo

Estadísticas

En el panel personal, cada usuario puede seguir fácilmente todos los puntos obtenidos en los ejercicios. ¡Los gráficos muestran claramente las actividades aún por completar y lo que ya has logrado!

Ve a mi dashboard  

Resources: To ensure optimal performance and prevent server overload, each user is allocated a limited quota of resources

...

Exercise:

...

ChatGpt

...