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Foils
- noun - 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; "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
- anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
- cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"
- enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"
- Fencing sword
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
Foist
- verb - insert surreptitiously or without warrant
- to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"
Folds
- noun -
- a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
- a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
- a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- a group of sheep or goats
- a pen for sheep
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
- become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"
- bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
- confine in a fold, like sheep
- incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
- the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"
Foley
- unknown - Gary Edward Foley (born 1950) is an Aboriginal Australian activist of the Gumbainggir people, academic, writer and actor.
- reproduction of everyday sounds in film making
Folia
- noun - a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock
Folic
- unknown - Of or derived from folic acid.
Folie
- noun - (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Folio
- noun - a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages; "the first folio of Shakespeare's plays"
- a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
- the system of numbering pages
Folks
- noun - a social division of (usually preliterate) people
- people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
- people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"
- the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
- your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day"
Folly
- noun - a stupid mistake
- foolish or senseless behavior
- the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"
- the trait of acting stupidly or rashly