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Synonyms for leaves


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : leevz
Phonetic Transcription : livz

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Définition of leaves

Origin :
  • "to turn over (the pages of a book)," 1660s, from leaf (n.). The notion of a book page also is in the phrase to turn over a (new) leaf (1570s). Related: Leafed; leaved; leafing.
  • noun green foliage of plant
  • noun page of document
  • noun permission
  • noun holiday, time off
  • verb depart, abandon physically
  • verb abandon, renounce
  • verb forget, neglect
  • verb give, especially after death
Example sentences :
  • He dug a hole and he covered it with branches and leaves and a little grass.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • He leaves the prison gates, he makes his way to his old home, but his old home is not there.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • Only the heavy stems, which should be cut from the leaves, may be canned.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Get her as she leaves, or find her back at her own place later.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • And Margaret would sit in the rocking while he cut the leaves and found the place.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • If he leaves you soon for London everything will be concluded.
  • Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
  • I am bound to admit that in French phrase it leaves much to desire.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • He heard no sound save the rustling of the leaves and the song of the bird.
  • Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
  • "The boy will write as like his father as possible," said she, turning over the leaves.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • He leaves no permanent monument, no ruins of former greatness.
  • Extract from : « Indian Legends of Vancouver Island » by Alfred Carmichael

Antonyms for leaves

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