Definitions for leafs
leafs
leaf
Spelling: [leef]
IPA: /lif/
Leafs is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 65 anagrams from letters in leafs (aefls).
Definitions for leafs
noun
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one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
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any similar or corresponding lateral outgrowth of a stem.
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a petal:
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leaves collectively; foliage.
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Bibliography. a unit generally comprising two printed, blank, or illustrated pages of a book, one on each side.
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a thin sheet of metal:
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a lamina or layer.
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a sliding, hinged, or detachable flat part, as of a door or tabletop.
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a section of a drawbridge.
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a single strip of metal in a leaf spring.
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a tooth of a small gear wheel, as of a pinion.
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leaf fat.
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Textiles. shaft (def 14).
Idioms
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in leaf, covered with foliage; having leaves:
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take a leaf out of / from someone's book, to follow someone's example; imitate:
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turn over a new leaf, to begin anew; make a fresh start:
verb (used with object)
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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)
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to put forth leaves.
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to turn pages, especially quickly (usually followed by through):
Origin of leafs
before 900; Middle English leef, lef, Old English lēaf; cognate with Dutch loof, German Laub, Old Norse lauf, Gothic laufs
Examples for leafs
That Pisistratus did so is Mr. leafs theory, but there is not a hint about anybody collecting anything in the Greek.
Whether it comes in the form of liquids, protein shakes, chocolate bars, or leafs of kale, food is energy.
Certainly, maamanything you like, beamed Mr Papingay, swelling with pride at his own and the leafs importance.
Over the first nine months of the year, 9,674 leafs and 7,671 Volts were sold.
It keeps green until December, and leafs out early in the spring.
You see there is chost the least sdain of rhet on the etch of the leafs.
In April, Nissan delivered 1,937 leafs and Chevrolet sold 1,306 Volts.