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Definition of foliate



Overview of verb foliate

The verb foliate has 5 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. foliate

(hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal")

2. foliate

(decorate with leaves)

3. foliate

(coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass")

4. foliate, paginate, page

(number the pages of a book or manuscript)

5. foliate

(grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring")


Overview of adj foliate

The adj foliate has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. foliate, foliated

(ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital")

2. foliate

((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

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