English Explanatory Dictionary

foliate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or relating to leaves.
Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike.
Of a curve: having two infinite branches with a common asymptote, and a leaf-shaped loop.
Of a plant: having leaves.
Of a leaf: having a (certain number of) leaflets.
Synonym of foliated (“of a rock: having a structure of thin layers”).
In the form of a foil or thin sheet.

noun

A logocyclic curve.

verb

To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate.
To spread (glass) with a thin coat of mercury and tin, or other substances forming a foil, to create a mirror; to foil, to silver.
To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils (“small arcs in the traceries of arches, windows, etc.”).
To beat (metal) into a foil or thin sheet.
To split into layers or leaves.
Of a plant: to produce leaves.

Pronunciation

/ˈfəʊliət/ /-eɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foliate.wav /ˈfoʊliət/ /-ˌeɪt/ En-us-SinaSabet28-foliate-verb.wav /ˈfəʊlieɪt/ /ˈfoʊliˌeɪt/

Word forms

foliate more foliate most foliate foliates foliating foliated

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin foliātus (“having leaves, leafy, leaved”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), a participial adjective derived from folium (“leaf; (Late Latin) leaf or sheet of paper”) + -ātus (participial adjective-forming suffix) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”) or *dʰelh₁- (“to be green”)).

Synonyms

foliar foliaceous leaf-shaped leafy leaved foliated

Antonyms

nonfoliate

Related words

foil foliaceous foliar folio folium

Derived words

acutifoliate adversifoliate alternifoliate angustifoliate bifoliate cochlearifoliate decemfoliate difoliate foliate curve foliation latifoliate monofoliate multifoliate nonfoliate paucifoliate plurifoliate quadrifoliate quinquefoliate rotundifoliate septemfoliate subfoliate tetrafoliate unifoliate defoliate refoliate effoliate exfoliate foliated foliating foliator unfoliated

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