foliage

«foliage» in Mova's school dictionary: The leaves of a plant or many trees, all together — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (foliage — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

The leaves of a plant or many trees, all together. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons, foliage is the green leafy part of plants; animals hide in thick foliage. In geography, autumn foliage turns red and gold in Canada and New England. In art, you draw foliage with light and dark greens. Phrases: autumn foliage, thick foliage, green foliage.

examples

• The bird hid in the thick foliage. tree →
• Autumn foliage in Canada is red and orange. tree →
• Giraffes eat foliage from tall trees. tree →
• The garden has plants with silver foliage. tree →
• The tiger's stripes blend into the foliage. tree →
• We drew the foliage with three shades of green. tree →
• A gust of wind swept through the foliage, and the leaves fell in a shower. tree →

note

Uncountable: no plural, and not a foliage. Spelling and saying trap: FOH-lee-ij (not foilage).

In the corpora

• He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as foliage.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «foliage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.