Foliate

What do we mean by foliate?

Of or relating to leaves. adjective

Shaped like a leaf. adjective

Exhibiting foliation. adjective

To hammer or cut (metal) into thin leaf or foil. intransitive verb

To coat (glass, for example) with metal foil. intransitive verb

To furnish or adorn with metal foil. intransitive verb

To separate into thin layers or laminae. intransitive verb

To decorate with foliage or foils. intransitive verb

To number the leaves of (a manuscript, for example). intransitive verb

To produce foliage. intransitive verb

To split into thin leaflike layers or folia. intransitive verb

To beat into a leaf, thin plate, or lamina; shape or dispose like a leaf; divide into foils or leaves.

To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver, etc.: as, to foliate a looking-glass.

Arranged in foliations: said of a pattern: divided into foliations: said of a bounding line or outline.

Beaten into the form of a leaf or thin plate; foliated.

In botany, leafy; furnished with leaves: as, a foliate stalk.

In zoology, expanded in a leaf-like form; foliaceous.

In architecture: To adorn by means of foliation. See foliation, 7.

To divide, as an arch, into smaller arches or foils. See foil, 7.

To form into leaves.

To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.

To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver.

Words that are spelled similarly to foliate:
foliate, foliage, folate, filiate, folinate.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word foliate:
papillae, lingual, capitals, buds, ornament, corinthian, cornice, stylized, scrolls, carving, initials, decoration, romanesque, chancel, taste, geometric, tongue, decorative, gable, decorated, arch, panels, columns, ceiling, designs, leaf, patterns, plain, window, bearing, manuscript, windows, heads, leaves, relief, roof, oak, chapel, glass, walls, pattern, figures, derived, cells, typical, forms, animal, stone, above, surrounding, iron, appear, design, style, below, upper, base.

Words that rhyme with foliate:
state, rate, date, plate, advocate, appropriate, appreciate, mitigate, great, propagate, facilitate, accommodate, articulate, elaborate, vacillate, mandate, estate, conflate, weight, abrogate, anticipate, repudiate, emulate, intimate, ameliorate, separate, alleviate, predicate, innate, obviate, exacerbate, associate, deliberate, obfuscate, abate, mate, gate, disseminate, consummate, slate, indicate, emanate, create, elucidate, contemplate, adequate, trait, straight, resonate, delineate, initiate, incorporate, postulate, dedicate, estimate, integrate, assimilate, delegate, extrapolate, fate, reiterate, coordinate, precipitate, corroborate, collaborate, gait, manipulate, evaluate, desolate, late, designate, alternate, update, rait, collate, surrogate, abdicate, cultivate, procrastinate, freight, commiserate, consolidate, wait, moderate, arrogate, spate, relate, debate, demonstrate, deprecate, stipulate, inculcate, denigrate, celebrate, dissipate, graduate, exonerate, communicate, subordinate, negate.

Adjectives that are often used to describe foliate:
bifacial, rich, rounded, gonosternum, densely, stylized, gold, body, large.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective foliate:
papillae, ornament, motifs, designs, design, scrolls, decoration, papilla, leaves, band, forms, capitals, patterns, pattern, sculpture, points, border, head, heads, buds, bands, ornamentation, rim, scroll, borders, motif, structure, capital, initials, ornaments, point, sprays, cross, mask, bosses, relief, bifaces, branches, scrollwork, arabesques, texture, type, papillitis, tendrils, elements, arches, tails, tracery, crosses, masks, structures, background, bud, panels, expansions, loops, details, decorations, devices, edge, frieze, initial, carvings, appearance, corbels, terminals, cornice, arch, trees, rocks, brackets, rims, interlace, tail, curls, stems, twilight, motives, detail, wreath, pieces, round, leaf, spray, shape, finials, medallions, spirals, strapwork, edges, shapes.

Consonant match to foliate:
filiate, follow out, fillet it, filly at.

Words that sound like foliate:
foliate, filiate, affiliate, folio, fellate, folate, fold it, folia, folios, foldout, foliose, fold out, filete, fluate, filegate, foul shot, fullest, fleet, folded, foliage, fallout, foley, philia, fleeced, foliated, foulest, flate, folie, filleted, fall out, fluit, folt, feel right, feel it, filia, follett, foli, follet, folium, defoliate, fly out, philpott, flete, philpot, follette, fallot, falcate, phyllite, phileo, full out, phonate, folies, fall-out, filled out, flameout, foul out, fill out, foliole, foland, folino, folie a deux, foliaged, flow out, falls out, false oat, -philia, falgout, fell out, filate, feel out, fylfot, bifoliate, file out, foilist, joliet, joliette, filched, fulwood, fullwood, fault, feely, falt, faulted, affiliates, fallowed, feli, feelgood, faucette, falli, fali, falte, fawley, faley, feldt, falling out, feel-good, feel good, falling-out, falaise, fall about.