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Definition of 'Leaf'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) leaf
one of the expanded, usu. green organs borne by the stem of a plant.

2.  leaf
any similar or corresponding lateral outgrowth of a stem.

3.  leaf
leaves collectively.

4.  leaf
a sheet usu. of paper, esp. as part of a document, one side of each sheet constituting a page.

5.  leaf
a thin sheet of metal:
silver leaf.

6.  leaf
a lamina or layer.

7.  leaf
a sliding, hinged, or detachable flat part, as of a tabletop.

8.  leaf
a single strip of metal in a leaf spring.

9. (v.i.) leaf
to put forth leaves.

10.  leaf
to turn pages, esp. quickly (usu. fol. by through):
to leaf through a book.

11. (v.t.) leaf
to thumb or turn, as the pages of a book or magazine.

Definition of 'Leaf'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) leaf, leafage, foliage
the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

2. (noun) leaf, folio
a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)

3. (verb) leaf
hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)

4. (verb) flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff
look through a book or other written material
"He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"

5. (verb) leaf
turn over pages
"leaf through a book"; "leaf a manuscript"

6. (verb) leaf
produce leaves, of plants

Definition of 'Leaf'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) leaf
the flat green parts on a plant
an oak/geranium/lettuce/ leaf; The leaves turn orange in the Fall.

2. leaf
-leafed/-leaved/-leaf
having a particular type of leaf
broad-leafed plants

Definition of 'Leaf'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Leaf
a colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage

2. (noun) Leaf
a special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril

3. (noun) Leaf
something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small

4. (verb) Leaf
to shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May

Translation of 'Leaf'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a part of a plant growing from the side of a stem, usually green, flat and thin, but of various shapes depending on the plant Many trees lose their leaves in autumn.
Afrikaans: blaar	Arabic: وَرَقَة الشَّجَر	Bulgarian: листо
Brazilian: folha	Czech: list	German: das Blatt
Danish: blad	Greek: φύλλο	Spanish: hoja
Estonian: leht	Farsi: برگ	Finnish: lehti
French: feuille	Hebrew: עָלֶה	Hindi: पत्ता
Croatian: list	Hungarian: levél	Indonesian: daun
Icelandic: lauf	Italian: foglia	Japanese: 葉
Korean: 잎, 잎사귀	Lithuanian: lapas	Latvian: lapa
Malay: daun	Dutch: blad	Norwegian: blad, løv
Polish: liść	Persian: برگ	Pashto: پاڼه
Portuguese: folha	Romanian: frunză	Russian: лист, листва
Slovak: list	Slovenian: list	Serbian: list
Swedish: löv, blad	Thai: ใบไม้	Turkish: yaprak
Taiwanese: 葉	Ukrainian: листок; листя	Urdu: پتّہ
Vietnamese: lá cây	Chinese: 叶
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