leaf

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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. 2noun

   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. 3noun

   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. 4intransitive verb

   To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.

5. 5noun

   hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)

6. 6noun

   a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)

   Synonyms

   folio
7. 7noun

   the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

   Synonyms

   foliageleafage
8. 8verb

   produce leaves, of plants

9. 9verb

   turn over pages

   "leaf through a book"

   "leaf a manuscript"

10. 10verb

    look through a book or other written material

    "He thumbed through the report"

    "She leafed through the volume"

    Synonyms

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