foliate

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I - verb

1. hammer into thin flat foils
- foliate metal
• Derivationally related forms:
foil, foliation
• Hypernyms:
forge, hammer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. decorate with leaves
• Derivationally related forms:
foliage, foliation
• Hypernyms:
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. coat or back with metal foil
- foliate glass
• Derivationally related forms:
foil, foliation
• Hypernyms:
coat, surface
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. number the pages of a book or manuscript
• Syn:
paginate, page
• Derivationally related forms:
page (for: page), paging (for: page), pagination (for: paginate), page (for: paginate)
• Hypernyms:
number
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. grow leaves
- the tree foliated in Spring
• Derivationally related forms:
foliage, foliation
• Hypernyms:
develop, make grow
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

II - adjective

1. ornamented with foliage or foils
- foliate tracery
- a foliated capital
• Syn:
foliated
• Pertains to noun:
foliage (for: foliated), foliage
• Topics:
architecture
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'
• Similar to:
leafy
• Topics:
botany, phytology
3. (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
• Syn:
foliated, foliaceous
• Similar to:
stratified, bedded
• Derivationally related forms:
folium (for: foliaceous)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  foliated, foliaceous, paginate, page