Synonyms for LEAF
lif; livzleaf

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1. leafverb

   Synonyms:
   leave

2. leafverb

   To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

   Synonyms:
   leave

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1. leaf, leafage, foliagenoun

   the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

   Synonyms:
   foliation, folio, leafage, leaf, foliage

2. leaf, folionoun

   a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)

   Synonyms:
   pagination, folio, page number, leafage, leaf, foliage, paging

3. leafverb

   hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)

   Synonyms:
   folio, leafage, foliage

4. flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riffverb

   look through a book or other written material

   "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"

   Synonyms:
   thumb, pitch, throw, twitch, click, toss, flip over, switch, turn over, flick, riff, leaf, tack, alternate, riffle, flip, ripple, interchange, snap, flip-flop, flip out, flicker, hitch, ruffle, finger, jerk, cockle, sky, hitchhike, undulate

5. leafverb

   turn over pages

   "leaf through a book"; "leaf a manuscript"

   Synonyms:
   riff, thumb, flick, flip, riffle

6. leafverb

   produce leaves, of plants

   Synonyms:
   riff, thumb, flick, flip, riffle

Matched Categories

1. • Grow
   • Plant Organ
   • Turn

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1. leafnoun

   Synonyms:
   blade

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1. leafnoun

   Synonyms:
   blade, spire, folio, lithophyll (fossil leaf)

   Associated words:
   foliar, foliferous, foliaceous, foliation, defoliate, defoliation, frond, bract, frondation, frondesce, frondescence, verticil, whorl, acanthus deciduous, indeciduous

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1. List of paraphrases for "leaf":

   foliar, sheet, sheets, leaves, foliage, map, blade, streamside, slip, refill, road, sheeting, worksheet, needle

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How to use LEAF in a sentence?

1. Anonymous:

   Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.

2. Gordana Biernat:

   A falling leaf in autumn allows you to see, the beauty of releasing things that do not serve you anymore.

3. Gerry Connolly:

   If he wants to turn a new leaf and be credible and methodical and try to get at the facts as opposed to wacko conspiracy theories and the latest news item propagated by right wing media – which he haunts I might add – that would be welcome.

4. Dalip Monga:

   If the number of insects is eight to 10 per leaf, the attack is said to have crossed the ETL - or economic threshold level.

5. Joe Sliwkowski:

   Basil has anti-inflammatory properties, so if my kids have bites I just take the leaf, crinkle it and rub it on the skin.