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Leaf

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Noun

1. foliage, leaf, leafage

the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

2. folio, leaf

a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)

3. leaf

hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)

Verb

4. flick, flip, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb

look through a book or other written material

Example Sentences:
'He thumbed through the report'
'She leafed through the volume'

5. leaf

turn over pages

Example Sentences:
'leaf through a book'
'leaf a manuscript'

6. leaf

produce leaves, of plants

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Leaf

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nounWord forms: plural leaves (liːvz )
1. 
the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants, usually consisting of a flat green blade attached to the stem directly or by a stalk
▶ Related adjectives: foliar, foliate
2. 
foliage collectively
3.  in leaf
4. 
one of the sheets of paper in a book
5. 
a hinged, sliding, or detachable part, such as an extension to a table
6. 
metal in the form of a very thin flexible sheet
gold leaf
7. 
a foil or thin strip of metal in a composite material; lamina
8.  short for leaf spring
9. 
the inner or outer wall of a cavity wall
10. 
a crop that is harvested in the form of leaves
11. 
a metal strip forming one of the laminations in a leaf spring
12.  a slang word for marijuana
13.  take a leaf out of someone's book
14.  turn over a new leaf
verb
15. (when intr, usually foll by through)
to turn (through pages, sheets, etc) cursorily
16. (intransitive)
(of plants) to produce leaves

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Leaf

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nounWord forms: plural leaves
1. 
any of the flat, thin, expanded organs, usually green, growing laterally from the stem or twig of a plant: it usually consists of a broad blade, a petiole, or stalk, and stipules and is involved in the processes of photosynthesis and transpiration
2. 
in popular usage
a. 
the blade of a leaf
b. 
a petal
3. 
leaves collectively
choice tobacco leaf
4. 
a design resembling a leaf, used as an ornament in architecture
5. 
a sheet of paper, esp. as part of a book, with a page on each side
6. 
a. 
a very thin sheet of metal; lamina
b. 
such sheets collectively
covered with gold leaf
7. 
a. 
a hinged section of a table top, forming an extension when raised into place
b. 
a board inserted into a table top to increase its surface
8. 
a flat, hinged or movable part of a folding door, shutter, etc.
9.  US
one of a number of metal strips laid one upon another to make a leaf spring
verb intransitive
10. 
to put forth or bear leaves
often with out
11. 
to turn the pages of a book, etc., esp. so as to glance quickly (through)
verb transitive
12. 
turn the pages of

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Leaf

see synonyms of leaf
n. pl. leaves (lēvz)
1. A usually green, flattened, lateral structure attached to a stem and functioning as a principal organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in most plants.
2. A leaflike organ or structure.
3.
a. Leaves considered as a group; foliage.
b. The state or time of having or showing leaves: trees in full leaf.
4. The leaves of a plant used or processed for a specific purpose: large supplies of tobacco leaf.
5. Any of the sheets of paper bound in a book, each side of which constitutes a page.
6.
a. A very thin sheet of material, especially metal.
b. Such leaves considered as a group: covered in gold leaf.
7.
a. A hinged or removable section for a table top.
b. A hinged or otherwise movable section of a folding door, shutter, or gate.
c. A section of drawbridge that moves upward or to the side.
8. One of several metal strips forming a leaf spring.
v.leafed, leaf·ing, leafs
v.intr.
1. To produce leaves; put forth foliage: trees just beginning to leaf.
2. To turn pages, as in searching or browsing: leafed through the catalog.
v. tr.
To turn through the pages of.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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