Synonyms for Leaf
lif; livzleaf

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1. leafverb

   Synonyms:
   leave

2. leafverb

   To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

   Synonyms:
   leave

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1. leaf, leafage, foliagenoun

   the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

   Synonyms:
   foliation, folio, leafage, leaf, foliage

2. leaf, folionoun

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

   Synonyms:
   pagination, folio, page number, leafage, leaf, 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, leaf, 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

Matched Categories

1. • Grow
   • Plant Organ
   • Turn

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1. leafnoun

   Synonyms:
   blade

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "leaf":

   foliar, sheet, sheets, leaves, foliage, map, blade, streamside, slip, refill, road, sheeting, worksheet, needle

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1. Gerry Connolly:

   If he wants to turn a new leaf and be credible and methodical and try to get at the facts as opposed to wacko conspiracy theories and the latest news item propagated by right wing media – which he haunts I might add – that would be welcome.

2. Chinese Proverb:

   With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

3. Dalip Monga:

   If the number of insects is eight to 10 per leaf, the attack is said to have crossed the ETL - or economic threshold level.

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. Henry David Thoreau:

   We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character.