Usually means: Lifts boat hull above water.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. hydrofoil: Merriam-Webster
  2. hydrofoil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hydrofoil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hydrofoil: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hydrofoil: Vocabulary.com
  6. hydrofoil: Wordnik
  7. hydrofoil: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hydrofoil: Wiktionary
  9. hydrofoil: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hydrofoil: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hydrofoil: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. hydrofoil: Dictionary.com
  13. hydrofoil: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Hydrofoil: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. hydrofoil: Rhymezone
  16. hydrofoil: FreeDictionary.org
  17. hydrofoil: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. hydrofoil: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. hydrofoil: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hydrofoil: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hydrofoil: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Hydrofoil: Sports Definitions

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  4. Hydrofoil: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (nautical) A wing attached to the hull of a ship that raises it out of the water when travelling at speed and thus reduces drag.
noun:  (nautical) A vessel equipped with such a device.
verb:  (nautical, intransitive) To operate or use or ride atop a hydrofoil wing on a hull so equipped.

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