1. (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
   "The trifoliate clover had three distinct leaflets"
    
2. (architecture) ornamented with foliage or foils
   "foliate tracery";
   - foliated
    
3. (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
   "The foliate structure of the schist";
   - foliated, foliaceous

1. Grow leaves
   "the tree foliated in Spring"
    
2. Decorate with leaves
   "The artist foliated the manuscript's borders"
    
3. Hammer into thin flat foils
   "foliate metal"
    
4. Coat or back with metal foil
   "foliate glass"
    
5. Number the pages of a document
   "The clerk foliated the legal documents";
   - paginate, page

Derived forms: foliated, foliates, foliating

See also: bedded, leafy, stratified

Type of: adorn, beautify, coat, decorate, develop, embellish, fancify, forge, grace, hammer, number, ornament, surface

Encyclopedia: Foliate