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# foliage

«foliage» in Mova's judaism 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foliage/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The righteous flourish like green leaves, while the one who trusts in riches falls. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as the lesson that real strength comes from goodness and not from wealth. In the primary 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

- He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as foliage. (Writings PRO.11.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foliage/#x1)
- The bird hid in the thick foliage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foliage/#x2)
- Autumn foliage in Canada is red and orange. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foliage/#x3)
- Giraffes eat foliage from tall trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foliage/#x4)
- The garden has plants with silver foliage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foliage/#x5)
- The tiger's stripes blend into the foliage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foliage/#x6)
- We drew the foliage with three shades of green. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foliage/#x7)
- A gust of wind swept through the foliage, and the leaves fell in a shower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foliage/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.318/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «foliage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foliage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.