leaf

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Noun

1. The usually [[green]] and flat [[organ]] that represents the most [[prominent]] feature of most vegetative [[plant]]s.
2. {{lb|en|botany}} A [[foliage leaf]] or any of the many and often considerably different [[structure]]s it can [[specialise]] into.
3. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
4. {{senseid|en|sheet of paper comprising two pages}} {{lb|en|publishing|bookbinding|advertising}} A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two [[page]]s, one on each face of the leaf).
5. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
6. One of the individual flat or curved strips of [[metal]], typically made of [[spring steel]], that make up a [[leaf spring]].
7. {{lb|en|in the plural}} [[tea leaf|Tea leaves]].
8. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
9. {{senseid|en|panel}}{{lb|en|plural {{m|en|leaves}} or {{m|en|leafs}}}} A moveable [[panel]], e.g. of a [[bridge]] or [[door]], originally one that [[hinge]]d but now also applied to other forms of movement.
10. {{lb|en|computing|mathematics}} In a [[tree]], a [[node]] that has no [[descendant]]s.
11. The [[layer]] of [[fat]] supporting the [[kidney]]s of a [[pig]], [[leaf fat]].
12. One of the [[tooth|teeth]] of a [[pinion]], especially when small.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To produce leaves; put forth [[foliage]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
3. {{lb|en|informal|transitive|uncommon}} To [[play]] a [[prank]] on someone by [[throw]]ing a [[large]] [[clump]] or [[collection]] of leaves at them.

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