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foliate

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. ornamented with foliage or foils

    adj.pert

    Examples
    Foliate tracery.
    A foliated capital.
    Synonyms foliated

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a <i>foliate</i> stalk.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

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

    adj.all

    Examples
    `foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    adj.all

    Synonyms foliaceous foliated

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. hammer into thin flat foils

    verb.creation

    Examples
    Foliate metal.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. decorate with leaves

    verb.creation

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. coat or back with metal foil

    verb.contact

    Examples
    Foliate glass.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. number the pages of a book or manuscript

    verb.communication

    Synonyms page paginate

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. grow leaves

    verb.change

    Examples
    The tree foliated in Spring.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

foldlessfoldoutfoliaceousfoliagefoliagedfoliarfoliatedfoliationfoliaturefolic acidfoliefolie a deux

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