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folk dance
  • n  a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)
  • v  perform a folk-dance
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foil
  • n  a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
    the photographic film was wrapped in foil
  • n  anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
    pretty girls like plain friends as foils
  • n  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
  • n  picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
  • n  a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
  • v  enhance by contrast
    In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background
  • v  hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
    foil your opponent
  • v  cover or back with foil
    foil mirrors
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foiling
  • n  an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
  • v  enhance by contrast
  • v  hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
  • v  cover or back with foil
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folacin
  • n  a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction
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folate
  • n  a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction
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