Foil
Meanings and phrases
n.
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
- anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; enhancer
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector; transparency
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
- 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; hydrofoil
v.
- enhance by contrast
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; thwart; queer; spoil; scotch; cross; frustrate; baffle; bilk
- cover or back with foil
n.
- foil made of aluminum; aluminum foil; tin foil
n.
- foil made of aluminum; aluminium foil; tin foil
n.
- foil made of gold
n.
- foil made of aluminum; aluminum foil; aluminium foil
- foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead; tinfoil
E.g.
- He won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's team foil event.
- She won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's team foil event.
- She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's team foil event.
E.g.
- He won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's team foil event.
- She won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's team foil event.
- She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's team foil event.
E.g.
- At the 2013 Mediterranean Games, Abouelkassem won a bronze medal in the individual foil.
- Abouelkassem qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics and entered the individual foil event in the round of 32, defeating American Miles Chamley-Watson 15-10.
- At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's individual foil, finishing 11th, losing to Benjamin Kleibrink, the eventual champion, in the second round.
E.g.
- At the 2015 African Games he won gold medals in the men's individual and team foil events.
- As a fencer she participated in the Individual foil events at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.
- He earned his first World Cup medal as a senior, bronze, at the 2011 Fleuret de St-Petersbourg, and captured gold at the 2011 Pan Arab Games in the individual and team foil events.
E.g.
- He won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's team foil event.
- She won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's team foil event.
- She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's team foil event.