Word Study
foliate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb foliate has 5 senses
- foliate(v = verb.creation) Array - hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal" is one way to forge, hammer
- foliate(v = verb.creation) Array - decorate with leaves; Array is one way to adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament
- foliate(v = verb.contact) Array - coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass" is one way to coat, surface
- foliate(v = verb.communication) page, paginate - number the pages of a book or manuscript; Array is one way to number
- foliate(v = verb.change) Array - grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring" is one way to develop, make grow
Derived forms noun foil1, noun foliation4
Sample sentence:
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Derived forms noun foliage2, noun foliation3
Sample sentence:
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Derived forms noun foil1, noun foliation5
Sample sentence:
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Sample sentence:
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Derived forms noun foliage1, noun foliation1
Sample sentence:
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Adjective foliate has 3 senses
- foliate(a = adj.pert) foliated - ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"
- foliate(s = adj.all) Array - (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'"
- foliate(s = adj.all) foliaceous, foliated - (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
foliate, a. [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See Foliage.].
Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. [1913 Webster]
foliate, v. t.
- To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
foliate, adj. & v.
--adj.
1 leaflike.
2 having leaves.
3 (in comb.) having a specified number of leaflets (trifoliate).
--v.
1 intr. split into laminae.
2 tr. decorate (an arch or door-head) with foils.
3 tr. number leaves (not pages) of (a volume) consecutively.
--adj.
1 leaflike.
2 having leaves.
3 (in comb.) having a specified number of leaflets (trifoliate).
--v.
1 intr. split into laminae.
2 tr. decorate (an arch or door-head) with foils.
3 tr. number leaves (not pages) of (a volume) consecutively.
Derivative
foliation n.
Etymology
L foliatus leaved f. folium leaf
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