Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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foil | Yes | No | Yes | No |
foliate | No | Yes | Yes | No |
foil (noun) | foliate (noun) |
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a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button | |
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal | |
picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector | |
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 | |
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities |
foil (adjective) | foliate (adjective) |
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ornamented with foliage or foils | |
(often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves | |
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata |
foil (verb) | foliate (verb) |
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cover or back with foil | grow leaves |
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | number the pages of a book or manuscript |
enhance by contrast | coat or back with metal foil |
hammer into thin flat foils | |
decorate with leaves |