foliate
IPA: fˈoʊɫieɪt
verb
- To form into leaves.
- To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
- To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver.
adjective
- of or relating to leaves
- shaped like a leaf
- (geology) foliated
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Examples of "foliate" in Sentences
- The capitals topping the pillars are of a simple foliate style.
- The action plates, which are engraved in foliate scroll, can have either a multicolored case-hardened finish or a flat-silver coin finish.
- Pigeons glide through foliate passageways, search for scraps at the feet of three old women on a bench, two in black, one in flowers and dots.
- One is from there free to hang the spatial surfaces on this framework as one want (shift functions) and how they foliate together (lapse functions).
- Somehow the names added to the beauty of the plants like the foliate illuminations on the initial letters of medieval manuscripts, or honeysuckle spiralling up a living tree.
- Until the original Doric column was conceived and built, all temple pillars had been trees, and the fluted stone, with its foliate embellishment below the roof, audaciously mimicked them.
- The dusty pink dress, featuring layered tulle with sequins and metallic pink and silver foliate embroidery, was originally made for Suzanne Godart Cella, a couture collector and children's clothing designer.
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