Inflected forms: pl. leaves ( lvz) 1. A usually green, flattened, lateral structure attached to a stem and functioning as a principal organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in most plants. 2. A leaflike organ or structure. 3a. Leaves considered as a group; foliage. b. The state or time of having or showing leaves: trees in full leaf.4. The leaves of a plant used or processed for a specific purpose: large supplies of tobacco leaf.5. Any of the sheets of paper bound in a book, each side of which constitutes a page. 6a. A very thin sheet of material, especially metal. b. Such leaves considered as a group: covered in gold leaf.7. A hinged or removable section for a table top. 8. A hinged or otherwise movable section of a folding door, shutter, or gate. 9. One of several metal strips forming a leaf spring.
VERB:
Inflected forms: leafed, leaf·ing, leafs
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To produce leaves; put forth foliage: trees just beginning to leaf.2. To turn pages, as in searching or browsing: leafed through the catalog.
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