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leaf noun (leaves) 1 an expanded outgrowth, usually green and flattened, from the stem of a plant, that contains the pigment chlorophyll and is the main site of photosynthesis in green plants. 2 anything like a leaf, such as a scale or a petal. 3 leaves regarded collectively. 4 a single sheet of paper forming two pages in a book. 5 a very thin sheet of metal • gold leaf. 6 a hinged or sliding extra part or flap on a table, door, etc. 7 drug-taking slang marijuana. verb (leafed, leafing) said of plants: to produce leaves. in leaf the condition of having leaves. take a leaf out of someone's book see under book. turn over a new leaf to begin a new and better way of behaving or working.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon leaf.
leaf through something to turn the pages of (a book, magazine, etc) quickly and cursorily. |
leaf noun (leaves) 1 an expanded outgrowth, usually green and flattened, from the stem of a plant, that contains the pigment chlorophyll and is the main site of photosynthesis in green plants. 2 anything like a leaf, such as a scale or a petal. 3 leaves regarded collectively. 4 a single sheet of paper forming two pages in a book. 5 a very thin sheet of metal • gold leaf. 6 a hinged or sliding extra part or flap on a table, door, etc. 7 drug-taking slang marijuana. verb (leafed, leafing) said of plants: to produce leaves. in leaf the condition of having leaves. take a leaf out of someone's book see under book. turn over a new leaf to begin a new and better way of behaving or working.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon leaf.
leaf through something to turn the pages of (a book, magazine, etc) quickly and cursorily. |
leaf noun (leaves) 1 an expanded outgrowth, usually green and flattened, from the stem of a plant, that contains the pigment chlorophyll and is the main site of photosynthesis in green plants. 2 anything like a leaf, such as a scale or a petal. 3 leaves regarded collectively. 4 a single sheet of paper forming two pages in a book. 5 a very thin sheet of metal • gold leaf. 6 a hinged or sliding extra part or flap on a table, door, etc. 7 drug-taking slang marijuana. verb (leafed, leafing) said of plants: to produce leaves. in leaf the condition of having leaves. take a leaf out of someone's book see under book. turn over a new leaf to begin a new and better way of behaving or working.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon leaf.
leaf through something to turn the pages of (a book, magazine, etc) quickly and cursorily. |
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