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Synonyms for leaf

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : leef
Phonetic Transcription : lif

Top 10 synonyms for leaf
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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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