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, 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

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. John Milton:

   When the waves are round me breaking,As I pace the deck alone,And my eye in vain is seekingSome green leaf to rest uponWhat would not I give to wanderWhere my old companions dwellAbsence makes the heart grow fonder,Isle of Beauty, fare thee well

2. Anonymous:

   Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.

3. Henry David Thoreau:

   Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.

4. Craig Holt:

   Given what's going on in Central America with leaf rust and the drought in Brazil, you want to look at other options.

5. William Keeton:

   A mild to moderate drought may actually enhance fall foliage to some degree, so long as it didn't lead to a lot of' browning' or early leaf drop, then again, drought one year may mean less robust leaf production the next.