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leaf

noun verb

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

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
L
Ends with
F
Contains
EA
Scrabble score
7
CEFR level
A1

How it sounds

Pronunciation

liːf

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

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

noun

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

noun

  1. the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

verb

  1. produce leaves, of plants

verb

  1. turn over pages

    “leaf through a book”

verb

  1. look through a book or other written material

    “He thumbed through the report”

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Example Sentences

leaf through a book
leaf a manuscript
He thumbed through the report
She leafed through the volume

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