foliate

foliate has 11 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• a.. Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.
• v. t.. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
• v. t.. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.
• v.. grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"
• v.. number the pages of a book or manuscript
• v.. coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass"
• v.. decorate with leaves
• v.. hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal"
• a.. (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
• a.. (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'"
• a.. ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"