FOLIATES - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

(often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves

Example: `foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata

Part of speech: Adjective

ornamented with foliage or foils

Example: foliate tracery; a foliated capital

Part of speech: Verb

coat or back with metal foil

Example: foliate glass

Part of speech: Verb

decorate with leaves

Part of speech: Verb

hammer into thin flat foils

Example: foliate metal

Part of speech: Verb

grow leaves

Example: the tree foliated in Spring

Part of speech: Verb

number the pages of a book or manuscript