leaf

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[edit] English

A leaf

[edit] Etymology

Middle English leef, from Old English lēaf, from Proto-Germanic *lauban (compare Dutch loof, German Laub), from Proto-Indo-European *leup- 'to peel, break off' (compare Irish luibh 'herb', Latin liber 'bast; book', Lithuanian lúoba 'bark', Albanian labë 'rind').

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[edit] Noun

leaf (plural leaves)

  1. The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
  2. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
  3. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
    gold leaf
  4. A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
  5. (in the plural) Tea leaves.
  6. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
  7. A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
    The train car has one single-leaf and two double-leaf doors per side
  8. (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
  9. (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
  10. The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.

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Terms derived from the noun leaf

[edit] Translations

part of a plant
anything resembling the leaf of a plant
sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin
sheet of a book
tea leaves — see tea leaves
flat section used to extend a table
moveable panel of a bridge or door
computing, mathematics: tree node without descendants
layer supporting the kidney of a pig — see leaf fat

[edit] Verb

leaf (third-person singular simple present leafs, present participle leafing, simple past and past participle leafed)

  1. (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

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Terms derived from the verb to leaf

[edit] Translations

to produce leaves

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈlæːɑf/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *laubō. Cognate with Old High German *louba (German Laube).

[edit] Noun

lēaf f. (nominative plural lēafe)

  1. permission
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[edit] Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *lauban, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leup- (“to peel, break off”). Cognate with Old Saxon lōf (Dutch loof), Old High German loup (German Laub), Old Norse lauf (Danish løv, Swedish löv), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (laufs).

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lēaf n.

  1. leaf
  2. page
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[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology

From Old English lēaf.

[edit] Noun

leaf (plural leafs)

  1. leaf

[edit] West Frisian

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  • IPA: /lɪːf/

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leaf c. (pl. leaven)

  1. leaf, especially a long leaf, like a blade of grass

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leaf (c., pl. form leave)

  1. friendly, kind, cordial

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leaf

  1. in a friendly manner, kindly, cordially
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