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leafing en · NOUN
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(countable, uncountable) The act of one who leafs through something.
Each of them branded on his memory thanks to mindless leafings through the greasy hotel guidebook.
2013, John le Carré, A Delicate Truth:
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(countable, uncountable) Synonym of vernation (“the appearance of new leaves on plants”).
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tea-leafing
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vernation
leafing en · VERB
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of leaf