Definitions for leafed

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Spelling: [leeft]

IPA: /lift/

Leafed is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in leafed (adeefl).

Definitions for leafed

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).

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:

adjective

1. having leaves; leaved.

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 leafed

First recorded in 1545-55; leaf + -ed³

Examples for leafed

And you must imagine the region as it is in summer, leafed out so that the two houses are quite hidden from each other.

Barby ran for a dictionary and leafed through the pages quickly.

So are you—of words, blurted out Sid Henderson, as he leafed his trigonometry.

She "leafed through the one that's supposed to be Detmar's and thought it was a bit thin."

He leafed through the pages, reluctant to send the hated message.

He leafed it through, and examined one of the plates with interest.

He leafed through the volume, noting the careful engrossing.

She turned in her hands and leafed through the pages of a most attractive magazine, Everybody's Home.

Dr. Manelli looked away sharply, and leafed through the thick sheaf of chart papers in his hand.

She declined, barely looking up as she leafed through a fashion magazine.