foiling

/หˆfษ”ษชlษชล‹/

IPA: /F OY1 L IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To cover or wrap with foil.

verb
  1. 1

    To prevent (something) from being accomplished.

    โ€œI was foiled by my superiorโ€

  2. 2

    To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.

    โ€œThey foiled my plans.โ€

  3. 3

    To blunt; to dull; to spoil.

    โ€œto foil the scent in huntingโ€

  4. 4

    To tread underfoot; to trample.

verb
  1. 1

    To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.

verb
  1. 1

    To defile; to soil.

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is foiled; prevention of success.

    โ€œthe foilings of our expectationsโ€

  2. 2

    The track of game, such as deer, in the grass.

  3. 3

    A foil.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foil, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foiling