leaf

leaf is on the Basic English 850 List.

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Pronunciation

• enPR: lēf
• IPA ^(key): /liːf/
• SAMPA: /li:f/

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Noun

Singular leaf

Plural leaves

1. A big, flat part of a plant, often green.

   The leaves turn red and yellow in the fall.

2. The front and back of a page in a book.

   I study the leaves of the book carefully.

Related words

• leaflet
• leafy
• overleaf

Verb

Plain form leaf

Third-person singular leafs

Past tense leafed

Past participle leafed

Present participle leafing

1. To look through quickly, browse.

   She leafed through the book.

2. To make leaves.

   The trees leafed in early spring.

Synonyms

• (look through) browse, search, skim