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foliate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'foliate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Foliate [ a.]
- Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.
2 . Foliate [ v. t.]
- To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
- To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.

Meaning of 'foliate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . foliate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- coat or back with metal foil
Example in sentence:
  • foliate glass
Meaning (2):
- hammer into thin flat foils
Example in sentence:
  • foliate metal
Meaning (3):
- grow leaves
Example in sentence:
  • the tree foliated in Spring
4 . foliate [ a]
Meaning (4):
- ornamented with foliage or foils
Example in sentence:
  • a foliated capital;
  • foliate tracery
5 . foliate [ s]
Meaning (5):
- (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
Example in sentence:
  • `foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'