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Noun: leaf (leaves)  leef
  1. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
    - leafage, foliage
     
  2. A sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
    - folio
     
  3. Hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
     
  4. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin
Verb: leaf  leef
  1. Look through a book or other written material
    "She leafed through the volume";
    - flick, flip, thumb, riffle, riff
     
  2. Turn over pages
    "leaf through a book"; "leaf a manuscript"
     
  3. Produce leaves, of plants

Sounds like: leader, lieleaf

Derived forms: leafing, leafs, leafed

Type of: acquire, develop, get, grow, peruse, piece of paper, plant organ, produce, section, segment, sheet, sheet of paper, turn, turn over

Part of: black and white, dinner table, written communication, written language

Encyclopedia: Leaf, Jonathan