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foliate
adjective (a)
- ornamented with foliage or foils(adj.pert)Example:
Foliate tracery.
A foliated capital.
source: wordnet30 - Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves(adj.all)Example:
`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'.
source: wordnet30 - (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata(adj.all)source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- hammer into thin flat foils(verb.creation)Example:
Foliate metal.
source: wordnet30 - decorate with leaves(verb.creation)source: wordnet30
- coat or back with metal foil(verb.contact)Example:
Foliate glass.
source: wordnet30 - grow leaves(verb.change)Example:
The tree foliated in Spring.
source: wordnet30 - To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.(verb)source: webster1913
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