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Leaf

noun

(pl. leaves)

The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants. Synonyms: foliage, leafage.

A sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book). Synonym: folio.

Hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door).

verb

(past & past part. leafed; pres. part. leafing)

Look through a book or other written material. Synonyms: flick, flip, riff, riffle, thumb. "She leafed through the volume"

Turn over pages. "Leaf a manuscript"

Produce leaves, of plants.

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"Leaf" Quotes from Famous Books

... slid down from the tree, and Three Eyes climbed up. But Three Eyes was not more skilful; with all her efforts she could not draw the branches, nor the fruit, near enough to pluck even a leaf, for they sprang back as she put ...

— Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know • Various

... Thanks be to God! I can now say, "I have attained." I have knelt down before him, with the last leaf in my hand, and, imploring his forgiveness for all the sins which have polluted my labours in this department, and his aid in future efforts, to remove the errors and imperfections which necessarily cleave to the work, I have commended it to his mercy and ...

— The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, January, 1835 • Various

... had disappeared. Profound darkness enveloped the island and the sea. No light could pierce through the heavy piles of clouds on the horizon. The wind had died away completely with the twilight. Not a leaf rustled on the trees, not a ripple murmured on the shore. Nothing could be seen of the ship, all her lights being extinguished, and if she was still in sight of the island, her whereabouts could not ...

— The Secret of the Island • W.H.G. Kingston (translation from Jules Verne)

... I will be circumspection personified, if you will only help me to make that girl my wife," the young man said earnestly. "I do love her with all my heart; and, Aunt Margie, I'll quit sowing wild oats, turn over a new leaf, and be a good man ...

— True Love's Reward • Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

... red (hoist and fly side, half width), with white square between them; an 11-pointed red maple leaf is centered in the white square; the official colors of Canada ...

— The 2005 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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