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leaf en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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lēf
/liːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/lif/ (US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Old English lēaf Middle English lef English leaf From Middle English lef, leef, from Old English lēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laubą (“leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰ-o-m, from *lewbʰ- (“to cut off”). Cognates Cognate with Scots leaf (“leaf”), Yola laafe (“leaf”), North Frisian luuf (“leaf”), Saterland Frisian Loof (“leaf”), West Frisian leaf (“leaf”), Cimbrian loap (“leaf”), Dutch loof (“foliage”), German Laub (“leaves”), German Low German Loov (“leaf”), Luxembourgish Laf (“foliage, leaves”), Mòcheno lap (“leaf”), Vilamovian łaub, łaup, łojp (“leaf”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål løv (“leaf”), Faroese leyv (“leaf”), Icelandic lauf (“leaf”), Norwegian Nynorsk lauv (“leaf”), Swedish löv (“leaf”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (laufs, “leaf”); also Irish luibh (“herb, plant”), Latin liber (“bast; book”), Albanian labë (“rind”), Lithuanian lúobas (“bark; bast”), Polish łub (“bark”), Russian луб (lub, “bast”). (Internet slang: Canadian): In reference to the maple leaf as national symbol.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
- Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
(countable, uncountable) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
(countable, uncountable) Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
(countable, uncountable) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
- Heretofore advertisers have had to buy and pay for a leaf — two pages. 1900, Profitable Advertising, volume 10, number 2, page 893:
(countable, uncountable) A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
- gold leaf
(countable, uncountable) One of the individual flat or curved strips of metal, typically made of spring steel, that make up a leaf spring.
- Lumbering down a precipitous "slideway," the Thornycroft broke two main leaves in the back spring[.] 1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 52:
(countable, in-plural, uncountable) Tea leaves.
(countable, uncountable) A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
(countable, qualifier:plural leaves or leafs, uncountable) A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
- The bridge shear locks were repaired and the long ends of the shear locks shortened about two inches to eliminate butting of the bridge leafs against each other. 1914, Department of Bridges, City of New York, Report, page 90:
- The train car has one single-leaf and two double-leaf doors per side.
- Like I’ve said, John, you’ve got to get the two bridge leafs to come down very slowly to a complete stop in order to trigger the tongue locks. This is what holds the two leafs of the bridge firmly in place. Otherwise, the bridge leafs will start bouncing, and once they start bouncing, you’ll never stop them from goin’ straight up in the air. 2010, James Newport-Chiakulas, Bridges to Justice: Love, Murder, & Politics in Chicago, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 55:
- The hydraulic system lifts and rotates two 413-ft (126-m) bridge leafs, each weighing 7,500 tons, in just four minutes. 1993, The Americana Annual: An Encyclopedia of Current Events, Grolier, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, page 224:
- Note the Art Deco-style sculptures on the wall of the bridge house showing a ship passing under the raised bridge leafs. 1996, Gerard R. Wolfe, Chicago in and Around the Loop: Walking Tours of Architecture and History, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 150:
- It will be noted that the pivotal mounting of the cylinders is such that the cylinders have their greatest leverage (i.e., exert the greatest door-opening force) when the door leafs 24, 28 are closed because the cylinders are generally perpendicular to the closed leafs. This is desirable because the load on the leafs is the greatest when they are closed due to air pressure. As the leafs begin to open and this air pressure decreases, the opening force exerted by the cylinders on the door leafs decreases and the opening speed of the leafs increases. 1992 July 21, William R. Kennedy, John M. Kennedy, Power mine door system, US Patent 5,222,838:
- THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE U.S. COAST GUARD: REQUIRE OWNERS/OPERATORS OF BASCULE BRIDGES TO INSTALL CAUTION LIGHTS AND DAYLIGHT MARKINGS AT ELEVATION POINTS ON BRIDGE LEAFS WHERE THEY PROTRUDE OVER NAVIGABLE CHANNELS TO IDEN TIFY^([sic]) TO MARINERS THE POINT AT WHICH FULL SKYWARD CHANNEL CLEARANCE IS NOT AVAILABLE TO TRANSITING VESSELS: THE LIGHTS SHOULD ACTIVATE WHEN THE BRIDGELEAFS ARE IN THE NORMAL FULLY OPEN POSITION.[…]THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE U.S. COAST GUARD: REQUIRE THAT BRIDGE OWNERS/OPERATORS PROVIDE IN BASCULE BRIDGE PERMIT APPLICATIONS THE ANGLE OF THE BRIDGELEAF(S). THE MAXIMUM VERTICAL CLEARANCE AT THE FENDERS AND AT THE BRIDGELEAF ENDS, AND THE EXTENT OF HORIZONTAL CHANNEL CLEARANCE OVER WHICH FULL SKYWARD CLEARANCE IS AVAILABLE WHEN THE BRIDGE LEAFS ARE IN THE FULLY OPEN POSITION. 1993, Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1994: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 136:
- The four separate segments of the movable bridge span, known as bridge leafs, were alternately rehabilitated while maintaining upper-level roadway and pedestrian traffic on one-half of the bridge and waterway traffic on one-half of the river channel. 1993, Realty and Building, page 20:
(countable, uncountable) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
- The algorithm pops the stack to obtain a new current node when there are no more children (when it reaches a leaf). 2011, John Mongan, Noah Kindler, Eric Giguère, Programming Interviews Exposed:
(countable, uncountable) The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
(countable, uncountable) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
(slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
(Internet, countable, humorous, pejorative, qualifier:4chan slang; plural leafs; 4chan slang; plural leafs, sometimes, uncountable) A Canadian person.
(countable, uncountable) A particular value of the EAX register when a program runs the CPUID instruction; each leaf represents a different category of information returned about the processor.
- X86_FEATURE_HETERO_CORE_TOPOLOGY is used to identify whether the processor support heterogeneous core type by reading CPUID leaf Fn_0x80000026_EAX and bit 30. if the bit is set as one, then amd_pstate driver will check EBX 30:28 bits to get the core type. 2024 May 7, Perry Yuan, “[PATCH 00/11] AMD Pstate Driver Fixes and Improvements”, in Kernel Lore:

Forms

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leaves	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (599)

mvi 葉 (part of a plant) · es tablero móvil (moveable panel of a bridge or door) · mnw သၠ (part of a plant) · tly لیو (part of a plant) · tzm ⵉⴼⵔ (part of a plant) · hil dahon (part of a plant) · ig akwụkwọ (part of a plant) · swb wani class 11/6 (part of a plant) · bdq hla (part of a plant) · bg лист (sheet of a book) · nn blad (part of a plant) · tly livə (part of a plant) · mr पत्र (part of a plant) · tcy ಅಡಿಪಿರೆ (part of a plant) · arc ܛܪܦܐ (part of a plant) · yo ewé (part of a plant) · ln lokásá class 11/10 (part of a plant) · ab абӷьы (part of a plant) · gd dor-dhuille (moveable panel of a bridge or door) · ta இலை (part of a plant) · qua apé (part of a plant) · es hoja (moveable panel of a bridge or door) · lo ໃບ (part of a plant) · ar صَحِيفَة (sheet of a book) · fi jatkokappale (flat section used to extend a table) · rup filã (sheet of a book) · qua žǫ́ape (part of a plant) · bug daung (part of a plant) · udi хазал (part of a plant) · hu vendéglap (flat section used to extend a table) · pt folha (sheet of a book) · mt werqa (part of a plant) · ko 낱장 (sheet of a book) · yi בלאַט (part of a plant) · sv blad (part of a plant) · rup carti (sheet of a book) · ru лист (sheet of a book) · iu ᐊᑭᕈᐊᕈᖅ (part of a plant) · myv лопа (part of a plant) · pl kartka (sheet of a book) · yue 葉子 /叶子 (part of a plant) · hsb list (part of a plant) · stq Blääd (part of a plant) · el φύλλο (anything resembling the leaf of a plant) · ttj ibabi class 5 (part of a plant) · izh lehti (part of a plant) · hu szárny (moveable panel of a bridge or door) · ltg lopa (part of a plant) · fa بَرْگ (part of a plant) · mi whārangi (sheet of a book) · shn မႂ် (part of a plant) · ppl iswat (part of a plant) · ady тхьэпкӏэ (part of a plant) · pam bulung (part of a plant) · tk ýaprak (part of a plant) · wym błot (part of a plant) · ht fèy (part of a plant) · it foglio (sheet of a book) · ay laphi (part of a plant) · rom patrin (part of a plant) · fr vantail (moveable panel of a bridge or door) · es hoja (sheet of a book) · lmw ṣáanim (part of a plant) · btw dahon (part of a plant) · kok पाल्लो (part of a plant) · fi paneeli (moveable panel of a bridge or door) · is laufblað (part of a plant) · az vərəq (sheet of a book) · be ліст (part of a plant) · si කොළේ (part of a plant) · tet roo (part of a plant) · fi lehti (sheet of a book) · pt folha (part of a plant) · su daun (part of a plant) · ba бит (sheet of a book) · hu fémfüst (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · co foglia (part of a plant) · oj ᐊᓂᐱᐦᔑᐸᐟ (part of a plant) · enq yoko (part of a plant) · fr ouvrant (moveable panel of a bridge or door) · nl blad (part of a plant) · af blaar (anything resembling the leaf of a plant) · hy էջ (sheet of a book) · oj aniibiishan (part of a plant) · kmr pel (part of a plant) · ksw သ့ၣ်လၣ် (part of a plant) · lg ekikoola (part of a plant) · nrf fieille (part of a plant) · mtq lả (part of a plant) · tvl lau (part of a plant) · fr plateau (flat section used to extend a table) · eu hosto (part of a plant) · ce гӏа (part of a plant) · mk крило (flat section used to extend a table) · cjm ꨈꨶꨮꩉ (part of a plant) · lki ڤەڵگ (part of a plant) · nrf fuule (part of a plant) · es coscoja (part of a plant) · zza par (part of a plant) · zza pelg (diq) (part of a plant) · mi tawhera (part of a plant) · de Platte (flat section used to extend a table) · dlm fualja (part of a plant) · hu lap (sheet of a book) · fi jatko (flat section used to extend a table) · za mbaw (part of a plant) · ryn 葉 (part of a plant) · af blad (sheet of a book) · nl blad (flat section used to extend a table) · duu vng'lvp (part of a plant) · lmo fòia (part of a plant) · kw delen (part of a plant) · sw msahafu (part of a plant) · pi paṇṇa (part of a plant) · lkt wahpe (part of a plant) · bxd a³¹ faʔ⁵⁵ (part of a plant) · hi पत्ता (part of a plant) · roa-tar fogghie (part of a plant) · cjy 葉子 /叶子 (part of a plant) · ru лист (part of a plant) · tr yaprak (sheet of a book) · vep leht (part of a plant) · nb folie (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · sh lȋst (sheet of a book) · nrf fiëly (part of a plant) · lkt ape (part of a plant) · cbk ohas (part of a plant) · mnp 箬 (part of a plant) · am ቅጠል (part of a plant) · mn ᠨᠠᠪᠴᠢ (part of a plant) · yue 葉 /叶 (part of a plant) · rup acoalã (sheet of a book) · aa dalaa (part of a plant) · jv godhong (moveable panel of a bridge or door) · sh lȋst (part of a plant) · ast fueya (part of a plant) · mba dahon (part of a plant) · pac ila (part of a plant) · scn fogghia (part of a plant) · gl folla (sheet of a book) · oj aniibiish (part of a plant) · ug ياپراق (part of a plant) · zh 葉 /叶 (part of a plant) · de Blatt (computing, mathematics: tree node without descendants) · vec foja (part of a plant) · yoi 葉 (part of a plant) · ain ハㇺ (part of a plant) · bxd sak⁵⁵ faʔ⁵⁵ (part of a plant) · sdh وەڵگ (part of a plant) · sv yta (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · as পাত (part of a plant) · kyi dun (part of a plant) · uz barg (part of a plant) · de Blatt (part of a plant) · sh lȉska (part of a plant) · vo bled (part of a plant) · sv skiva (flat section used to extend a table) · mn навч (part of a plant) · la foris (moveable panel of a bridge or door) · tew kaa (part of a plant) · kk жапырақ (part of a plant) · pac ula (part of a plant) · fr feuille (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · bg лист (anything resembling the leaf of a plant) · fi jatkolevy (flat section used to extend a table) · cjm ꨨꨤꨩ (part of a plant) · txb pilta (part of a plant) · mel daun (part of a plant) · ba япраҡ (part of a plant) · ny tsamba (sheet of a book) · prn pārag (part of a plant) · zlw-slv lëst (part of a plant) · ppl izhuat (part of a plant) · nb løv (computing, mathematics: tree node without descendants) · cs list (part of a plant) · mhn lap (part of a plant) · rif afar (part of a plant) · fi lehti (computing, mathematics: tree node without descendants) · fon ama (part of a plant) · grc πέταλον (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · fy blêd (part of a plant) · lv lapa (sheet of a book) · ota یپراق (sheet of a book) · lij féuggia (part of a plant) · bh पान (part of a plant) · de Laubblatt (part of a plant) · xh igqabi (part of a plant) · is lauf (part of a plant) · rgn fója (part of a plant) · ff 𞤸𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤮 (part of a plant) · ff kaakol (part of a plant) · tl dahon (part of a plant) · fr feuille (computing, mathematics: tree node without descendants) · sl list (sheet of a book) · tyz bâư (part of a plant) · bua лиис (sheet of a book) · lb Blat (part of a plant) · el φύλλο (sheet of a book) · bg лист (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · tpi lip (anything resembling the leaf of a plant) · nb blad (flat section used to extend a table) · lt lapas (sheet of a book) · ru листы́ (anything resembling the leaf of a plant) · ga duilleog (part of a plant) · oj ᐊᓂᐱᐦᔑᐸᑯᐣ (part of a plant) · fo blað (part of a plant) · enm blad (part of a plant) · qu llaqhi (part of a plant) · rif tifrešt (part of a plant) · te పత్రం (sheet of a book) · es hoja (computing, mathematics: tree node without descendants) · lki گِڵا (part of a plant) · ru лист (flat section used to extend a table) · bua намаа (part of a plant) · ln nkásá (part of a plant) · fr rallonge (flat section used to extend a table) · ruq frunză (part of a plant) · kmr belg (part of a plant) · ia folio (part of a plant) · es folio (sheet of a book) · id daun (part of a plant) · ug يوپۇرماق (part of a plant) · zh 葉仔 /叶仔 (part of a plant) · gmw-cfr Blatt (part of a plant) · fuy hutu (part of a plant) · bua набша (part of a plant) · gwi chʼatʼan (part of a plant) · rup frãndzã (sheet of a book) · cu листъ (part of a plant) · zh еер (part of a plant) · ps پاڼه (part of a plant) · gug togue (part of a plant) · th ใบ (part of a plant) · bua xуудаһан (sheet of a book) · grc πέταλον (part of a plant) · hy տերեւ (part of a plant) · nl plaat (flat section used to extend a table) · fi läppä (moveable panel of a bridge or door) · pa ਪੱਤਾ (part of a plant) · zh езы (part of a plant) · nn lauv (part of a plant) · ryu 葉 (part of a plant) · se lasta (part of a plant) · haw lau (part of a plant) · fa برگ (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · el φύλλο (part of a plant) · af blad (flat section used to extend a table) · fr feuille (anything resembling the leaf of a plant) · yox 葉 (part of a plant) · te ఆకు (part of a plant) · tli kayaaní (part of a plant) · pms feuja (part of a plant) · wo xob (part of a plant) · nv atʼąąʼ (part of a plant) · ttt vəlg (part of a plant) · pot bëk (part of a plant) · sdh گِڵا (part of a plant) · izh lehti (sheet of a book) · mfe fey (part of a plant) · hrx plaat (part of a plant) · twf ə̂na (part of a plant) · km ស្លឹកឈើ (part of a plant) · nl blad (anything resembling the leaf of a plant) · mns-nor лӯпта (part of a plant) · nb ark (sheet of a book) · ceb dahon (part of a plant) · sd پَنُ (part of a plant) · pi ปณฺณ (part of a plant) · gez ቈጽል (part of a plant) · sea sela (part of a plant) · vi lá (part of a plant) · abg azag̶aʔe (part of a plant) · mww nplooj (part of a plant) · mg ravina (part of a plant) · evn авданна (part of a plant) · trm påṭ (part of a plant) · kn ಎಲೆ (part of a plant) · kaw ron (part of a plant) · af bladsy (sheet of a book) · sn shizha (part of a plant) · ckb گەڵا (part of a plant) · pt folha (computing, mathematics: tree node without descendants) · hsn 葉子 /叶子 (part of a plant) · lt lapas (part of a plant) · to lau (part of a plant) · lad foja (part of a plant) · gd duilleag-còmhla (moveable panel of a bridge or door) · gd duille (part of a plant) · pap foya (part of a plant) · zh 葉 /叶 (part of a plant) · fr feuillet (sheet of a book) · wyi jerrang (part of a plant) · jra hla (part of a plant) · gd duilleag (part of a plant) · az yarpaq (part of a plant) · nb blad (part of a plant) · kum япыракъ (part of a plant) · ha warƙa (part of a plant) · ban don (part of a plant) · grc φύλλον (part of a plant) · sk list (sheet of a book) · zh 葉子 /叶子 (part of a plant) · pdt Blaut (part of a plant) · rif afar (sheet of a book) · th ใบ (sheet of a book) · fi lehti (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · nb løv (part of a plant) · pi पण्ण (part of a plant) · ur بَرْگ (part of a plant) · ee aŋgba (part of a plant) · eo klapo (flat section used to extend a table) · tya wemo (part of a plant) · kzg 葉 (part of a plant) · gun ogue (part of a plant) · ja 葉 (part of a plant) · ssy dharhaa (part of a plant) · an fuella (part of a plant) · lad yaprak (part of a plant) · cs list (sheet of a book) · da løv (part of a plant) · xug 葉 (part of a plant) · bn পাতা (part of a plant) · gld хабдата (part of a plant) · vo bedastofed (sheet of a book) · fro fueille (part of a plant) · nl blad (computing, mathematics: tree node without descendants) · th ใบไม้ (part of a plant) · sc fògia (part of a plant) · te ఆకు (anything resembling the leaf of a plant) · okn 葉 (part of a plant) · ja 木の葉 (part of a plant) · ill raun (part of a plant) · tyz bâư (sheet of a book) · it prolunga (flat section used to extend a table) · scn fogghiu (sheet of a book) · ka ფოთოლი (part of a plant) · chr ᎤᎦᎶᎬ (part of a plant) · ki ithangũ (part of a plant) · sh ли̏ска (part of a plant) · sa पत्र (part of a plant) · ty rau (part of a plant) · mrw ra'on (part of a plant) · cv ҫулҫӑ (part of a plant) · vec fogia (part of a plant) · rap rua (part of a plant) · sl list (part of a plant) · ru листы́ (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · uz yaproq (part of a plant) · el φύλλο (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · inz qap (part of a plant) · la pagina (sheet of a book) · es foja (desus.) (part of a plant) · bo ལོ་མ། (part of a plant) · zu iqabi (part of a plant) · nah izhuatl (part of a plant) · fi lehti (anything resembling the leaf of a plant) · nds Blatt (part of a plant) · ff haako (part of a plant) · ncb dai (part of a plant) · crk nīpiy (part of a plant) · cy dail (part of a plant) · ms dedaun (anything resembling the leaf of a plant) · mk лист (part of a plant) · eo folio (part of a plant) · hy տերեւ (sheet of a book) · af blaar (part of a plant) · lmo foeuja (part of a plant) · de Blatt (part of a plant) · sce lachin (part of a plant) · fi lehti (part of a plant) · tea sela (part of a plant) · jv ron (part of a plant) · li louf (part of a plant) · pi ပဏ္ဏ (part of a plant) · lus hnah (part of a plant) · gd duille-dorais (moveable panel of a bridge or door) · oma 'ábe (part of a plant) · ny tsamba (part of a plant) · ja 葉っぱ (part of a plant) · la frons (part of a plant) · mi rau (part of a plant) · gd duilleag (sheet of a book) · lv loksne (sheet of a book) · br delienn (part of a plant) · ne पात (part of a plant) · es tablero (flat section used to extend a table) · csb lëst (part of a plant) · ru листы́ (sheet of a book) · oc fuèlha (part of a plant) · gu પાન (part of a plant) · tsg dahun (part of a plant) · ccc chijpana (part of a plant) · os сыф (part of a plant) · ro foaie (sheet of a book) · ask pār (part of a plant) · pl liść (part of a plant) · lo ໃບໄມ້ (part of a plant) · ota قناد (moveable panel of a bridge or door) · ca full (sheet of a book) · sh ли̑ст (part of a plant) · eu orri (part of a plant) · mwl fuolha (part of a plant) · enm leef (part of a plant) · da blad (part of a plant) · zro wíka (part of a plant) · tg барг (part of a plant) · mr दल (part of a plant) · tpw oba (part of a plant) · ilo bulong (part of a plant) · it foglia (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · pi បណ្ណ (part of a plant) · fr feuille (part of a plant) · shn ဝႂ် (part of a plant) · hop nàapi (part of a plant) · he עָלֶה (part of a plant) · hi पत्ती (part of a plant) · bg листо (computing, mathematics: tree node without descendants) · rup frãndzã (part of a plant) · cu ⰾⰹⱄⱅⱏ (part of a plant) · orv листъ (part of a plant) · ar وَرَقة (part of a plant) · frp fôlye (part of a plant) · pdc Blatt (part of a plant) · pi පණ්ණ (part of a plant) · pt aba (flat section used to extend a table) · hak 葉 /叶 (part of a plant) · hu betét (flat section used to extend a table) · eve эбдэнрэ (part of a plant) · mrj ӹлӹштӓш (part of a plant) · es hoja (part of a plant) · fr feuille (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · zh еезы (part of a plant) · agj ቅጠል (part of a plant) · uk лист (part of a plant) · luy lisafu (part of a plant) · bg лист (part of a plant) · ky жалбырак (part of a plant) · ro frunză (part of a plant) · ar وَرَقَة (part of a plant) · sa पर्ण (part of a plant) · koi кор (part of a plant) · rys 葉 (part of a plant) · mn хуудас (sheet of a book) · lv lapa (part of a plant) · kw del (part of a plant) · crh yapraq (part of a plant) · lnj thondh (part of a plant) · ja 箔 (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · xto pält (part of a plant) · sw jani (part of a plant) · mk лист (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · kl pilu (part of a plant) · ms daun (part of a plant) · es hoja (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · ur پَتّی (part of a plant) · tay abau (part of a plant) · sah сэбирдэх (part of a plant) · ko 잎 (part of a plant) · xpq wunipaq (part of a plant) · rsk лїст (part of a plant) · jv godhong (part of a plant) · pau llel (part of a plant) · bg крило (moveable panel of a bridge or door) · af blad (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · zdj wani class 11/10 (part of a plant) · ro folie (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · az yarpaq (sheet of a book) · fi sivu (sheet of a book) · gu પર્ણ (part of a plant) · el φύλλο (flat section used to extend a table) · km ស្លឹក (part of a plant) · tl pahina (sheet of a book) · es fronda (part of a plant) · vro leht' (part of a plant) · osa žąąpé (part of a plant) · vot lehto (part of a plant) · ff 𞤳𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤮𞤤 (part of a plant) · mr पर्ण (part of a plant) · mdf лопа (part of a plant) · si කොළය (part of a plant) · gv duillag (part of a plant) · mhr лышташ (part of a plant) · zu ikhasi (part of a plant) · ga bileog (part of a plant) · sq gjethe (part of a plant) · yag Suka (part of a plant) · mnp 箬仔 (part of a plant) · egy g-A-b-t-Hn:Z2ss (part of a plant) · de Blatt (sheet of a book) · dsb list (part of a plant) · ru ли́стья (flat section used to extend a table) · wuu 葉子 /叶子 (part of a plant) · hi पत्ती (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin) · auq dau (part of a plant) · gan 葉子 /叶子 (part of a plant) · io folio (part of a plant) · ca fulla (part of a plant) · sv klaff (flat section used to extend a table) · udm куар (part of a plant) · ru лист (anything resembling the leaf of a plant)

leaf en · VERB

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lēf
/liːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/lif/ (US)
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(intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
- Then flowered the mead, then leafed all 'Twas caused by the runic lay. 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 164:
(transitive) To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
- The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.
(informal, transitive, uncommon) To play a prank on someone by throwing a large clump or collection of leaves at them.

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Spelling	Features	Source
leafed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
leafed	Tense=Past	lexicographic
leafing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
leafs	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic

Deriveds

leafing · leaf through

frond · foliage · needle

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leave

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hu levelet hoz/hajt (to produce leaves) · sv spricka ut (to produce leaves) · fi lehtiä (to produce leaves) · sl olistati se (to produce leaves) · hu lombosodik (to produce leaves) · nl bladeren krijgen (to produce leaves) · hu levelesedik (to produce leaves) · hu leveledzik (to produce leaves) · fr feuiller (to produce leaves) · nb løves (to produce leaves) · bg разлиствам се (to produce leaves) · mk разлистува (to produce leaves) · nb lauve (to produce leaves) · la frondēscō (to produce leaves) · nb lauvast (to produce leaves) · nb lauve (to produce leaves) · sv lövas (to produce leaves)

leaf en · NOUN

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leaf en · VERB

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