Synonyms for leaf through
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : leef |
| Phonetic Transcription : lif |
Top 10 synonyms for leaf through Other synonyms for the word leaf through
- apprehend
- appropriate
- brush over
- bury oneself in
- check out
- check over
- comprehend
- consider
- construe
- contemplate
- dabble
- decipher
- dip
- dip into
- discover
- examine cursorily
- feed
- flip through
- gaze
- get
- get a load of
- get the cream
- give the once over
- give the once-over
- glance
- glance at
- glance over
- glimpse
- go once over lightly
- go over
- go through
- graze
- have a look-see
- hit the high spots
- inquire
- inspect loosely
- investigate
- leaf
- leaf through
- look
- look up and down
- make out
- nibble
- once over lightly
- overlook
- pass an eye over
- peep
- peer
- perceive
- peruse
- play at
- pore over
- read
- read here and there
- read swiftly
- refer to
- regard
- riff
- riff through
- riffle
- riffle through
- rifle through
- rumble
- run eye over
- run over
- run through
- scan
- scour
- scratch the surface
- search
- see
- seize
- size up
- skim
- skim through
- skip
- skip through
- study
- survey
- sweep
- take
- take a gander
- take in
- take stock of
- taste
- thumb
- thumb through
- thumb through wander
- translate
- turn the pages
- unravel
- view
Définition of leaf through
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.
- As in read : verb look at and understand written word
- As in scan : verb look over, scrutinize lightly
- As in skim : verb look through cursorily
- As in browse : verb look around; look through
- As in riffle : verb browse
- As in dip into : verb try, sample
- As in glance : verb look at briefly
- He must have known—for news such as this travels from leaf to leaf through the forest.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- Sunlight is stored in every leaf, from leaf through coal, and it comforts us thence when days are dark and we cannot see the sun.
- Extract from : « The Greatest Thing In the World and Other Addresses » by Henry Drummond
- This consisted of inhaling the fumes of the leaf through a Y-shaped device applied to the nostrils.
- Extract from : « Cuba, Old and New » by Albert Gardner Robinson
- As you look at those documents—would you leaf through all the pages I have mentioned?
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Antonyms for leaf through
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