foliate

adjective

1. ornamented with foliage or foils

- foliate tracery

- a foliated capital

Similar word(s): foliated

2. (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'

Similar word(s): leafy

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

Similar word(s): bedded, stratified, foliaceous, foliated

verb

1. hammer into thin flat foils

- foliate metal

Definition categories: creation, forge, hammer

2. decorate with leaves

Definition categories: creation, adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament

3. coat or back with metal foil

- foliate glass

Definition categories: contact, coat, surface

4. number the pages of a book or manuscript

Similar word(s): page, paginate

Definition categories: communication, number

5. grow leaves

- the tree foliated in Spring

Definition categories: change, develop