foiling
/หfษษชlษชล/IPA: /F OY1 L IH0 NG/
verb
- 1
To cover or wrap with foil.
verb
- 1
To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
โI was foiled by my superiorโ
- 2
To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
โThey foiled my plans.โ
- 3
To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
โto foil the scent in huntingโ
- 4
To tread underfoot; to trample.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
verb
- 1
To defile; to soil.
noun
- 1
The act by which something is foiled; prevention of success.
โthe foilings of our expectationsโ
- 2
The track of game, such as deer, in the grass.
- 3
A foil.
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foil, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foiling