leaves
noun
- 1
The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
- 2
Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
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A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
“gold leaf”
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A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
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(in the plural) Tea leaves.
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A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
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A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
“The train car has one single-leaf and two double-leaf doors per side.”
- 8
A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
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In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
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The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
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One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
- 12
Marijuana.
- 13
(4chan) A Canadian person.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To have a consequence or remnant.
- 2
To depart; to separate from.
- 3
To transfer something.
- 4
To remain (behind); to stay.
- 5
To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
Synonyms
noun
- 1
The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
- 2
The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
noun
- 1
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
“I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss.”
- 2
Permission.
“Might I beg leave to accompany you?”
- 3
Farewell, departure.
“I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.”
verb
- 1
To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
“We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend.”
verb
- 1
To produce leaves or foliage.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To raise; to levy.
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