1. (botany) the process of forming leaves
   "The leafing of deciduous trees marks the beginning of spring";
   - foliation

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
   "The trees began to leaf in early spring"

Type of: acquire, develop, development, get, grow, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, peruse, produce, turn, turn over

Encyclopedia: Leafing