foliate English

Meaning foliate meaning

What does foliate mean?

foliate

— adjective (= foliated) ornamented with foliage or foils foliate tracery a foliated capital

— 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'

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

— verb (= page) number the pages of a book or manuscript

— verb coat or back with metal foil foliate glass

— verb decorate with leaves

— verb hammer into thin flat foils foliate metal

— verb grow leaves the tree foliated in Spring

Synonyms foliate synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as foliate?

foliate English » English

foliated

foliaceous

page

paginate

leafy

sprout

silver

phyllophorous

number

metallize

metalize

leaved

leaflike

leafed

leaf-shaped

laminate.

laminate

exfoliate

broad-leafed

bearing leaves