1. (architecture) ornamented with foliage or foils
   "a foliated capital";
   - foliate
    
2. (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
   "The geologist examined the foliated rock";
   - foliate, 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

See also: bedded, stratified

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

Encyclopedia: Foliated