Leaf - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) (syn: folio)
- hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
verb
leaf a manuscript
Extra examples
I heard the rustle of the autumn leaves.
The trees drop their leaves in the fall, and new leaves grow again in the spring.
The trees have not yet come into leaf.
...we must have spent hours leafing through wallpaper books before we found something we both liked...
Leaves fall.
Leaves rustle.
The trees are in leaf early this year.
The leaves were turning yellow.
The leaf of the pig is generally regarded as producing the best lard.
Waiting to see the doctor, Jim leafed through some old magazines.
Add a few leaves of fresh basil to the salad.
The forest was just coming into leaf.
He slipped the letter between the leaves of his notebook.
The plant you gave me leafed out, just when I thought it was dead.
She leafed through the volume
Word forms
I/you/we/they: leaf
he/she/it: leafs
present participle: leafing
past tense: leafed
past participle: leafed
singular: leaf
plural: leaves
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