laminating \lam"ina`ting\, a.
   forming, or separating into, scales or thin layers.
   1913 webster

laminate \lam"inate\, v. t. imp.  p. p. laminated; p. pr. 
   vb. n. laminating. see lamina.
   1. to cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide
      into thin plates.
      1913 webster

   2. to form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
      1913 webster

   3. to form by uniting two or more layers in sheet form of a
      material, so that the layers are bonded tightly; as,
      plywood has at least three laminated layers.
      pjc

   4. to unite layers in sheet form by bonding, so as to
      create a single object with multiple layers; -- used with
      the material in sheet form as the object; as, to laminate
      plywood.
      pjc
see also:
laminated laminating lamina