leaf

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[edit] Etymology

A leaf.

From Old English lēaf Proto-Germanic *laubaz Proto-Indo-European *leup- (“‘to peel, break off’”)

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[edit] Noun

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Singular
leaf

Plural
leaves

leaf (plural leaves)

  1. An organ of a plant typically divided into a flattened portion (the blade) and a narrow stalk (the petiole) and serving as the principal site of photosynthesis and transpiration.
  2. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
  3. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
    gold leaf
  4. A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
  5. (in plural leaves) Tea leaves.
  6. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
  7. (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.

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Terms derived from the noun leaf

[edit] Translations

part of a plant
anything resembling the leaf of a plant
sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin
sheet of a book
tea leaves
See tea leaves
flat section used to extend a table
computing, mathematics: a tree node without descendants
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to leaf

Third person singular
leafs

Simple past
leafed

Past participle
leafed

Present participle
leafing

to leaf (third-person singular simple present leafs, present participle leafing, simple past and past participle leafed)

  1. (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

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Terms derived from the verb to leaf

[edit] Translations

to produce leaves