leaf
/liːf/
noun
Meaning
The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
"gold leaf"
A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
(in the plural) Tea leaves.
A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
"The train car has one single-leaf and two double-leaf doors per side."
A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
Marijuana.
(4chan) A Canadian person.
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verb
Meaning
To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
"The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed."
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