<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Covered with or having leaves.</li><li>Like a leaf, as in shape.</li><li>Also Architecture: ornamented with or composed of foil; foliate tracery.</li><li>Ornamented with representations of foliage; a foliate capital.</li><li>Petrology, Mineralogy: foliated (def 2).</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used without object)<ul><li>Fo·li·at·ed, fo·li·at·ing: to put forth leaves.</li><li>To split into thin leaflike layers or laminae.</li></ul></li><li>(Used with object)<ul><li>Fo·li·at·ed, fo·li·at·ing: to shape like a leaf or leaves.</li><li>To decorate with foils or foliage.</li><li>To form into thin sheets.</li><li>To spread over with a thin metallic backing.</li><li>Printing: to number the folios or leaves, as distinguished from pages, of a manuscript or book.</li></ul></li></ul>