LEAF

/li:f/
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Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A flat, typically green, organ of a plant: A leaf is the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants, usually attached to a stem or branch.
    • A single sheet of paper in a book, magazine, or manuscript: A leaf refers to one piece of paper, which is two pages (front and back).
    • A hinged or detachable flat section: A leaf can be a part of a table that can be extended or a door within a larger structure.

  2. Verb:

    • To produce leaves: When a plant or tree grows new leaves.
    • To turn over pages quickly or casually: To look through a book or magazine by turning its pages.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The maple leaf turns a brilliant red in autumn.
    • He carefully turned the fragile leaf of the ancient manuscript.
    • We need to add a leaf to the dining table for the dinner party.

  • Verb:

    • The trees will leaf out in early spring.
    • She leafed through the magazine while waiting at the doctor's office.
Advanced Usage

  • "To take a leaf out of someone's book": To copy or imitate someone, especially because they are successful or admirable.

    • You should take a leaf out of your sister's book and start studying more seriously.

  • "To turn over a new leaf": To start behaving in a better way; to make a fresh start.

    • After the argument, he promised to turn over a new leaf and be more considerate.
Variants and Related Words

  • Leafy (adj): Having many leaves; resembling a leaf.

    • We walked down a leafy suburban street.

  • Leaflet (n): A printed sheet of paper, usually folded, containing information or advertising.

    • They were handing out leaflets about the concert.

  • Leafless (adj): Having no leaves.

    • The trees were leafless in the middle of winter.
Synonyms
  • Noun (Plant part): Frond, blade, needle (for conifers).
  • Noun (Sheet of paper): Folio, page, sheet.
  • Verb (Produce leaves): Sprout, bud.
  • Verb (Turn pages): Flip, thumb, browse, skim.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Leaf through: To turn the pages of a book, magazine, etc., quickly and without reading carefully.
    • I just leafed through the catalog to see if anything caught my eye.
Related Idioms

  • Shake like a leaf: To tremble violently, usually from fear or cold.

    • He was shaking like a leaf before his big presentation.

  • In leaf: (Of a tree, plant, etc.) having grown its leaves.

    • By May, the hedgerows were fully in leaf.
Verb
  1. produce leaves, of plants
  2. turn over pages
    • leaf through a book
    • leaf a manuscript
  3. look through a book or other written material
    • He thumbed through the report
    • She leafed through the volume
Noun
  1. hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
  2. a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
  3. the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

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