FOIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foist mean? 

• FOIST (verb)
  The verb FOIST has 2 senses:

1. to force onto another

2. insert surreptitiously or without warrant

  Familiarity information: FOIST used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOIST (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they foist    ... he / she / it foists   
Past simple: foisted   
Past participle: foisted   
-ing form: foisting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To force onto another

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

He foisted his work on me

Hypernyms (to "foist" is one way to...):

bring down; impose; inflict; visit (impose something unpleasant)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something on somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Insert surreptitiously or without warrant

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "foist" is one way to...):

enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

 Context examples 

His incessant talking and shouting and bellowing of orders had been too much for Wolf Larsen, who had accordingly foisted the nuisance upon his hunters.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)