leaf
noun
[ liːf ]
• a flattened structure of a higher plant, typically green and blade-like, that is attached to a stem directly or via a stalk. Leaves are the main organs of photosynthesis and transpiration.
• "many of the trees had lost their leaves"
• a thing that resembles a leaf in being flat and thin.
leaf
verb
• (of a plant, especially a deciduous one in spring) put out new leaves.
• "many plants need a period of dormancy before they leaf and flower"
Similar:
put out leaves,
bud,
burst into leaves,
foliate,
• turn over (the pages of a book or the papers in a pile), reading them quickly or casually.
• "he leafed through the stack of notes"
Similar:
flick,
flip,
thumb,
skim,
browse,
glance,
look,
riffle,
read,
scan,
dip into,
run one's eye over,
have a look at,
peruse,
Origin:
Old English lēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch loof and German Laub .
