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.

1 . foliate

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- coat or back with metal foil

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Meaning (2):
- hammer into thin flat foils

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Meaning (3):
- grow leaves

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4 . foliate

[ a]

Meaning (4):
- ornamented with foliage or foils

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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

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fol'io fold foldage folded folder folderol folding foldless folia foliaceous

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