Verb
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grow leaves
"the tree foliated in Spring"
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number the pages of a book or manuscript
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coat or back with metal foil
"foliate glass"
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decorate with leaves
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hammer into thin flat foils
"foliate metal"
Adjective
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(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
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(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'"
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ornamented with foliage or foils
"foliate tracery"
"a foliated capital"