leaf

leaf

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/liːf/]

Senses

1. leaf (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.

Example: Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.

2. leaf (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.

3. leaf (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.

4. leaf (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

Example: Then flowered the mead, then leafed all
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5. leaf (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.

Example: The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.

6. leaf (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To play a prank on someone by throwing a large clump or collection of leaves at them.

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