Definitions for Leaf

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Leaf leaf

Spelling: [leef]

IPA: /lif/

Leaf is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in Leaf (aefl).

Definitions for Leaf

noun

1. one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
2. any similar or corresponding lateral outgrowth of a stem.
3. a petal:
4. leaves collectively; foliage.
5. Bibliography. a unit generally comprising two printed, blank, or illustrated pages of a book, one on each side.
6. a thin sheet of metal:
7. a lamina or layer.
8. a sliding, hinged, or detachable flat part, as of a door or tabletop.
9. a section of a drawbridge.
10. a single strip of metal in a leaf spring.
11. a tooth of a small gear wheel, as of a pinion.
12. leaf fat.
13. Textiles. shaft (def 14).
14. Munro [muhn-roh] /mʌnˈroʊ/ (Show IPA), 1905–76, U.S. author and illustrator of books for children.

Idioms

1. in leaf, covered with foliage; having leaves:
2. take a leaf out of / from someone's book, to follow someone's example; imitate:
3. turn over a new leaf, to begin anew; make a fresh start:

verb (used with object)

1. to thumb or turn, as the pages of a book or magazine, in a casual or cursory inspection of the contents.

verb (used without object)

1. to put forth leaves.
2. to turn pages, especially quickly (usually followed by through):

Origin of Leaf

before 900; Middle English leef, lef, Old English lēaf; cognate with Dutch loof, German Laub, Old Norse lauf, Gothic laufs

Examples for Leaf

But consider: inhaling one leaf has had the largest deleterious impact on human health of any single product in human history.

Is there no leaf, no root you know that would save me from death?

A lot of us Republicans are having trouble getting the leaf blower started.

So, for example, Nissan this year cut the sticker price of the leaf to $28,000—a reduction of $6,400, or 18 percent.

The x-rays and medical information initially belonged to plastic surgeon Michael Gurdin, who began working with leaf in 1975.

Linda nodded, running a finger down the leaf over his heart.

The spirit of the strong man was moved, and he trembled like a leaf shaken by the wind.

My failure to see a microbe is a statement about the precision of my instrument, not about whether there is a microbe on the leaf.

None of us had changed positions, so much as a leaf's thickness.

Dilly bent, and traced the outline of a leaf with her finger.