Foliate

[fәulieit]

Definition

(verb.) grow leaves; 'the tree foliated in Spring'.

(verb.) number the pages of a book or manuscript.

(verb.) coat or back with metal foil; 'foliate glass'.

(verb.) decorate with leaves.

(verb.) hammer into thin flat foils; 'foliate metal'.

(adj.) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata .

(adj.) (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'' .

(adj.) ornamented with foliage or foils; 'foliate tracery'; 'a foliated capital' .

Typed by Larry--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.

(v. t.) To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.

(v. t.) To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.

Edited by Hilda

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. (Bot.) Leafy, foliaceous.

Edited by Everett