- covered with or having leaves.
- like a leaf, as in shape.
- Also foliated. Architecture.
- ornamented with or composed of foil: foliate tracery.
- ornamented with representations of foliage: a foliate capital.
- foliated (def. 2).
- to put forth leaves.
- to split into thin leaflike layers or laminae.
- to shape like a leaf or leaves.
- to decorate with foils or foliage.
- to form into thin sheets.
- to spread over with a thin metallic backing.
- to number the folios or leaves, as distinguished from pages, of (a manuscript or book).
- relating to, possessing, or resembling leaves
- in combination
- (of certain metamorphic rocks, esp schists) having the constituent minerals arranged in thin leaflike layers
- to ornament with foliage or with leaf forms such as foils
- to hammer or cut (metal) into thin plates or foil
- to coat or back (glass, etc) with metal foil
- to number the leaves of (a book, manuscript, etc)
- (of plants) to grow leaves
