(hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal")
(decorate with leaves)
(coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass")
(number the pages of a book or manuscript)
(grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring")
(ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital")
((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'")
((especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata)