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Foiling

verb
/ˈfɔɪlɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo cover or wrap with foil.
2.verbTo prevent (something) from being accomplished.
"I was foiled by my superior"
3.verbTo prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
"They foiled my plans."
4.verbTo blunt; to dull; to spoil.
"to foil the scent in hunting"
5.verbTo tread underfoot; to trample.
6.verbTo expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
7.verbTo defile; to soil.
8.nounThe act by which something is foiled; prevention of success.
"the foilings of our expectations"
9.nounThe track of game, such as deer, in the grass.
10.nounA foil.

Synonyms

put the kibosh onscupperthwartthwartingfrustrationfrustratingforestallingdisruptingdiscouragingdashingabortingbaffling

Rhymes With

toilingroilingboilingsoilingcoilingspoilingbroilingparboiling
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