Leaf in English dictionary

  • leaf

    Meanings and definitions of "Leaf"

    • The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
    • Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
    • A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
    • A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
    • (in the plural) Tea leaves.
    • A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
    • A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
    • (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
    • (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
    • The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
    • (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
    • noun
      The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
    • noun
      Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
    • noun
      A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
    • noun
      A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
    • noun
      (in the plural)
      Tea leaves.
    • noun
      A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
    • noun
      A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
    • noun
      (botany)
      A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
    • noun
      (computing, mathematics)
      In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
    • noun
      The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
    • noun
      One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
    • part of a plant
    • anything resembling the leaf of a plant
    • sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin
    • sheet of a book
    • flat section used to extend a table
    • moveable panel of a bridge or door
    • computing, mathematics: tree node without descendants
    • to produce leaves
    • A node with no child objects represented in the tree.
    • 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.
    • noun
      a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
    • noun
      hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
    • noun
      the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
    • verb
      look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
    • verb
      produce leaves, of plants
    • verb
      turn over pages; "leaf through a book"; "leaf a manuscript"

    Synonyms of "Leaf" in English dictionary

    segment, produce, acquire are the top synonyms of "Leaf" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Leaf

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza leaf, lm  liczba mnoga leaves
    • leaf ( third-person singular simple present leafs, present participle leafing, simple past and past participle leafed)
    • leaf ( plural  leaves)
    • leaf (plural leaves)
    • leaf (third-person singular simple present leafs, present participle leafing, simple past and past participle leafed)
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