Meaning of FOLIATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]'fowleeit, [v]'fowlee`eyt
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- [adj] (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
- [adj] (botany; 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'"
- [adj] (architecture) ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"
- [v] grow leaves, as of plants
- [v] number the pages of a book or manuscript
- [v] coat or back with metal foil; of surfaces such as glass
- [v] decorate with leaves
- [v] hammer into thin flat foils; of metal
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| | Synonyms: | | bedded, foliated, foliated, leafy, page, paginate, stratified |
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| | See Also: | | adorn, beautify, coat, decorate, develop, embellish, forge, grace, hammer, make grow, number, ornament, surface | |
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\Fo"li*ate\, a. [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium
leaf. See {Foliage}.] (Bot.)
Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.
{Foliate curve}. (Geom.) Same as {Folium}.
\Fo"li*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foliated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Foliating}.]
1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. --Bacon.
2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver;
as, to foliate a looking-glass.
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