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Synonyms for leaf
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : leef |
Phonetic Transcription : lif |
Top 10 synonyms for leaf Other synonyms for the word leaf
Définition of leaf
Origin :- Old English leaf "leaf of a plant; page of a book," from Proto-Germanic *laubaz (cf. Old Saxon lof, Old Norse lauf, Old Frisian laf, Dutch loof, Old High German loub, German Laub "foliage, leaves," Gothic lauf), perhaps from PIE *leup- "to peel off, break off" (cf. Lithuanian luobas, Old Church Slavonic lubu "bark, rind"). Extended 15c. to very thin sheets of metal (especially gold). Meaning "hinged flap on the side of a table" is from 1550s.
- noun green foliage of plant
- noun page of document
- verb flip through
- The spirit of the strong man was moved, and he trembled like a leaf shaken by the wind.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Linda nodded, running a finger down the leaf over his heart.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Is there no leaf, no root you know that would save me from death?
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- None of us had changed positions, so much as a leaf's thickness.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- Dilly bent, and traced the outline of a leaf with her finger.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- He had wrapped it hastily in a piece of paper, and pinned it to the leaf.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Presently he said aloud, turning a leaf as he spoke: 'He will be very sorry for this.'
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- But she looked at the trees and was stupefied, for not a leaf was stirring.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- The trees were just breaking into leaf, and the air was laden with a subtle odour of spring.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- Cornish seized him by the arm, and held him while he hook like a leaf and swayed heavily.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
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