English to English
noun
- a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
source: WordNet 3.0
- A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture.
source: Webster 1913
- A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and deflect them against the substance to be heated.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- be a mystery or bewildering to
This beats me!.
Got me--I don't know the answer!.
A vexing problem.
This question really stuck me.
source: WordNet 3.0
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge.
Foil your opponent.
source: WordNet 3.0
- check the emission of (sound)
source: WordNet 3.0
- To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.
source: Webster 1913
- To practice deceit.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [báfl] Tumalo; lumitó; maglubog
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
