leaf

//liːf//

Forms

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: leaves

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1): leaf
past (v2): leafed
past participle (v3): leafed
present participle: leafing
3rd person singular: leafs

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
2.A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
3.Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
4.A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
- Heretofore advertisers have had to buy and pay for a leaf, two pages.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
2.To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
- The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.
3.To play a prank on someone by throwing a large clump or collection of leaves at them.(informal)

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2025

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Etymology

From Middle English lef, leef, from Old English lēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laubą (“leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰ-o-m, from *lewbʰ- (“to cut off”).

Cognates