Found 2 items, similar to Foliate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: foliate foliate adj 1: ornamented with foliage or foils; “foliate tracery”; “a foliated capital” [syn: foliated] 2: (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'" 3: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata [syn: foliated, foliaceous] foliate v 1: hammer into thin flat foils; “foliate metal” 2: decorate with leaves 3: coat or back with metal foil; “foliate glass” 4: number the pages of a book or manuscript [syn: paginate, page] 5: grow leaves; “the tree foliated in Spring”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Foliate Foliate \Fo"li*ate\, a. [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See Foliage.] (Bot.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. [1913 Webster] Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium. [1913 Webster] Foliate \Fo"li*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Foliating.] 1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass. [1913 Webster]