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| 1. | [ verb ] number the pages of a book or manuscript | |
| Synonyms: | page paginate | |
| Related terms: | number page | |
| 2. | [ verb ] coat or back with metal foil; of surfaces such as glass | |
| Related terms: | coat foil | |
| 3. | [ verb ] decorate with leaves | |
| Related terms: | decorate foliation | |
| 4. | [ verb ] hammer into thin flat foils; of metal | |
| Related terms: | forge foil | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata | |
| Synonyms: | foliaceous foliated | |
| Related terms: | stratified | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (botany; often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves | |
| Examples: | "`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'" |
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| Related terms: | botany leafy | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] (architecture) ornamented with foliage or foils | |
| Synonyms: | foliated | |
| Examples: | "foliate tracery" "a foliated capital" |
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| Related terms: | architecture leaf leaf | |
| 8. | [ verb ] grow leaves | |
| Examples: | "the tree foliated in Spring" |
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| Related terms: | develop leaf | |
| Similar spelling: |
folate Follette filiate fouled Follett foiled foaled foul_out |
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