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See definition of foliate on Dictionary.com
  • as ingreen
  • as inlaminate
  • as inpage

synonyms for foliate

  • fresh
  • grassy
  • leafy
  • lush
  • raw
  • tender
  • verdant
  • budding
  • burgeoning
  • developing
  • flourishing
  • growing
  • immature
  • infant
  • juvenile
  • maturing
  • pullulating
  • recent
  • sprouting
  • supple
  • unripe
  • bosky
  • callow
  • half-formed
  • pliable
  • puerile
  • undecayed
  • undried
  • unfledged
  • ungrown
  • verduous
  • youthful
See also synonyms for: foliated / foliates / foliating
On this page you'll find 67 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to foliate, such as: fresh, grassy, leafy, lush, raw, and tender.

antonyms for foliate

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  • healthy
  • adult
  • dying
  • mature
  • old
  • shrinking
  • withering
  • withered
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How to use foliate in a sentence

High pillars with crocketed and foliate capitals supported the springing of the large irregular arches.
YPRES AND THE BATTLES OF YPRESUNKNOWN
The general effect of the design remained the same, but the foliate ornamentation gave place to angular outlines.
CANADA: ITS POSTAGE STAMPS AND POSTAL STATIONERYCLIFTON ARMSTRONG HOWES
The capitals of the naves triforium are said to mark the culmination of Gothic art in foliate design.
HOW FRANCE BUILT HER CATHEDRALSELIZABETH BOYLE O'REILLY
The south portal (c. 1260), sculptured with elaborate foliate ornament, has images of unequal merit.
HOW FRANCE BUILT HER CATHEDRALSELIZABETH BOYLE O'REILLY
The triforium was begun elaborately, with much foliate decoration, but economy soon forced the architect to adopt a simpler plan.
HOW FRANCE BUILT HER CATHEDRALSELIZABETH BOYLE O'REILLY
The bareness of the slab walls was relieved, if not entirely concealed, by the tasteful manipulations of the foliate decorator.
FERN VALE (VOLUME 3)COLIN MUNRO
The front door was massive, and sheeted over with lead embossed in foliate and heraldic patterns.
NEWS FROM THE DUCHYSIR ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH
On the Corsican coast the oysters are called foliate (Olamleosa).
OCEAN'S STORY; OR TRIUMPHS OF THIRTY CENTURIESEDWARD ROWLAND
The geometric figures were largely supplanted by foliate forms.
ORIENTAL RUGSWALTER A. HAWLEY
These floral or foliate designs are one of the most constant features of this class.
ORIENTAL RUGSWALTER A. HAWLEY
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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