Antonyms for leaf
lif; livzleaf

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1. leafverb

   Synonyms:
   leave

2. leafverb

   To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

   Synonyms:
   leave

Matched Categories

1. • Grow
   • Plant Organ
   • Turn

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. leaf, leafage, foliagenoun

   the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

   Synonyms:
   foliation, folio, leafage, foliage

2. leaf, folionoun

   a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)

   Synonyms:
   pagination, folio, page number, leafage, foliage, paging

3. leafverb

   hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)

   Synonyms:
   folio, leafage, foliage

4. flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riffverb

   look through a book or other written material

   "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"

   Synonyms:
   thumb, pitch, throw, twitch, click, toss, flip over, switch, turn over, flick, riff, tack, alternate, riffle, flip, ripple, interchange, snap, flip-flop, flip out, flicker, hitch, ruffle, finger, jerk, cockle, sky, hitchhike, undulate

5. leafverb

   turn over pages

   "leaf through a book"; "leaf a manuscript"

   Synonyms:
   riff, thumb, flick, flip, riffle

6. leafverb

   produce leaves, of plants

   Synonyms:
   riff, thumb, flick, flip, riffle

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. leafnoun

   Synonyms:
   blade, spire, folio, lithophyll (fossil leaf)

   Associated words:
   foliar, foliferous, foliaceous, foliation, defoliate, defoliation, frond, bract, frondation, frondesce, frondescence, verticil, whorl, acanthus deciduous, indeciduous

How to use leaf in a sentence?

1. Phillip Barden:

   Hell ants have two features found in no living species : highly specialized scythe-like mandibles and a wide diversity of horns that are present on what is essentially the forehead, one reason these fossils are compelling is that, today, we have about 15,000 known species of ants with all kinds of adaptations, from agricultural leaf-cutter ants with scissor-like mouthparts to army ants specialized as nomadic predatory raiders.

2. Joe Sliwkowski:

   Basil has anti-inflammatory properties, so if my kids have bites I just take the leaf, crinkle it and rub it on the skin.

3. Melissa Price:

   The( snails) eat the biofilm of leaves, they must help keep the trees healthy, they decrease fungal abundance on the leaf surface and increase diversity of the fungal community.

4. Prince Charles:

   Sen. Scott suggested that while in Cuba, Prince Charles should meet with dissidents and take a leaf from President Trump book : no such meetings are planned during the tour, but neither are there any planned encounters with Castro, who continues to serve as first secretary of the Communist Party. The Prince Charles and Duchess will meet current President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who recently described Trump's rhetoric towards Cuba as.

5. Roxanne Spruance:

   Gold leaf doesn’t really have a taste other than being metallic.

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