Verb
- 1. foliate, forge, hammer
- usage: hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal"
- 2. foliate, decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
- usage: decorate with leaves
- 3. foliate, coat, surface
- usage: coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass"
- 4. foliate, paginate, page, number
- usage: number the pages of a book or manuscript
- 5. foliate, develop, make grow
- usage: grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"
Adjective
- 1. foliate, foliated
- usage: ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"
- 2. foliate, leafy (vs. leafless)
- usage: (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves; "`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'"
- 3. foliate, foliated, foliaceous, stratified (vs. unstratified), bedded
- usage: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
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