1. (

• foliate

) hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal" ;

2. (

• foliate ,

) decorate with leaves ;

3. (

• foliate

) coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass" ;

4. (

• foliate ,
• paginate ,
• page ,

) number the pages of a book or manuscript ;

5. (

• foliate

) grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring" ;

1. (

• foliate ,
• foliated

) ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital" ;

2. (

• foliate

) (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. (

• foliate ,
• foliated ,
• foliaceous

) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata ;