FOLIATE

foliate, foliated, foliaceous

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

foliate

(adjective) (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’”

foliate, foliated

(adjective) ornamented with foliage or foils; “foliate tracery”; “a foliated capital”

foliate

(verb) grow leaves; “the tree foliated in Spring”

foliate, paginate, page

(verb) number the pages of a book or manuscript

foliate

(verb) coat or back with metal foil; “foliate glass”

foliate

(verb) decorate with leaves

foliate

(verb) hammer into thin flat foils; “foliate metal”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

foliate (comparative more foliate, superlative most foliate)

of or relating to leaves

shaped like a leaf

(geology) foliated

Verb

foliate (third-person singular simple present foliates, present participle foliating, simple past and past participle foliated)

To form into leaves.

To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.

To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver.

Anagrams

• floatie

Source: Wiktionary

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Fo"li*ate (, a. Etym: [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See Foliage.] (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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