English to English
adjective
- ornamented with foliage or foils
Foliate tracery.
A foliated capital.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- (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'.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- hammer into thin flat foils
Foliate metal.
source: WordNet 3.0
- decorate with leaves
source: WordNet 3.0
- coat or back with metal foil
Foliate glass.
source: WordNet 3.0
- number the pages of a book or manuscript
source: WordNet 3.0
- grow leaves
The tree foliated in Spring.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
source: Webster 1913
