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Foliate

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Verb

1. foliate

hammer into thin flat foils

Example Sentences:
'foliate metal'

2. foliate

decorate with leaves

3. foliate

coat or back with metal foil

Example Sentences:
'foliate glass'

4. foliate, page, paginate

number the pages of a book or manuscript

5. foliate

grow leaves

Example Sentences:
'the tree foliated in Spring'

Adjective

6. foliate, foliated

ornamented with foliage or foils

Example Sentences:
'foliate tracery'
'a foliated capital'

7. foliate

(often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves

Example Sentences:
'foliate' is combined with the prefix tri' to form the word trifoliate''

8. foliaceous, foliate, foliated

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Foliate

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adjective (ˈfəʊlɪɪt , -ˌeɪt)
1. 
a. 
relating to, possessing, or resembling leaves
b. 
in combination
trifoliate
2. 
(of certain metamorphic rocks, esp schists) having the constituent minerals arranged in thin leaflike layers
verb (ˈfəʊlɪˌeɪt )
3. (transitive)
to ornament with foliage or with leaf forms such as foils
4. 
to hammer or cut (metal) into thin plates or foil
5. (transitive)
to coat or back (glass, etc) with metal foil
6. (transitive)
to number the leaves of (a book, manuscript, etc)
Compare paginate
7. (intransitive)
(of plants) to grow leaves

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Foliate

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈfoliˌated or ˈfoliˌating
1. 
a. 
to divide into thin layers
b. 
to beat into foil
2. 
to decorate with leaflike layers or ornamentation
3. 
to number the leaves of (a book or manuscript)
verb intransitive
4. 
to separate into layers
5. 
to send out leaves
adjective
6. 
having or covered with leaves
7. 
like a leaf or leaves

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Foliate

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suff.
Having a specified kind or number of leaves: trifoliate.
adj.
1. Of or relating to leaves.
2. Shaped like a leaf.
3. also fo·li·at·ed (-ā′tĭd) Geology Exhibiting foliation.
v. (-āt′) fo·li·at·ed, fo·li·at·ing, fo·li·ates
v.tr.
1. To hammer or cut (metal) into thin leaf or foil.
2.
a. To coat (glass, for example) with metal foil.
b. To furnish or adorn with metal foil.
3. To separate into thin layers or laminae.
4. To decorate with foliage or foils: an arch that is foliated in the Gothic style.
5. To number the leaves of (a manuscript, for example).
v.intr.
1. To produce foliage.
2. To split into thin leaflike layers or folia.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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