foliate

fo·li·ate  (fl-t, -t)

adj.

1. Of or relating to leaves.

2. Shaped like a leaf.

3. Geology Foliated.

v. (-t) fo·li·at·ed, fo·li·at·ing, fo·li·ates

v.tr.

1. To hammer or cut (metal) into thin leaf or foil.

2.

a. To coat (glass, for example) with metal foil.

b. To furnish or adorn with metal foil.

3. To separate into thin layers or laminae.

4. To decorate with foliage or foils: an arch that is foliated in the Gothic style.

5. To number the leaves of (a manuscript, for example).

v.intr.

1. To produce foliage.

2. To split into thin leaflike layers or folia.

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[Latin folitus, bearing foliage, from folium, leaf; see folium.]

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foliate

adj [ˈfəʊlɪɪt -ˌeɪt]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany)

a.  relating to, possessing, or resembling leaves

b.  in combination trifoliate

2. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) (of certain metamorphic rocks, esp schists) having the constituent minerals arranged in thin leaflike layers

vb [ˈfəʊlɪˌeɪt]

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) (tr) to ornament with foliage or with leaf forms such as foils

2. (Engineering / Metallurgy) to hammer or cut (metal) into thin plates or foil

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) (tr) to coat or back (glass, etc.) with metal foil

4. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to number the leaves of (a book, manuscript, etc.) Compare paginate

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (intr) (of plants) to grow leaves

[from Latin foliātus leaved, leafy]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	foliate - hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal" forge, hammer - create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"
	2.	foliate - decorate with leaves adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
	3.	foliate - coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass" coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate"
	4.	foliate - number the pages of a book or manuscript paginate, page number - give numbers to; "You should number the pages of the thesis"
	5.	foliate - grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring" make grow, develop - cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple"
Adj.	1.	foliate - ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital" foliated architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
	2.	foliate - (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'" phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants leafy - having or covered with leaves; "leafy trees"; "leafy vegetables"
	3.	foliate - (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata foliated, foliaceous bedded, stratified - deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified rock"