Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - leaf
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Leaf
leaf
I. noun (plural leaves; also ~s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English leef, from Old English leaf; akin to Old High German loub ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) a lateral outgrowth from a plant stem that is typically a flattened expanded variably shaped greenish organ, constitutes a unit of the foliage, and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis (2) a modified ~ (as a bract or sepal) primarily engaged in functions other than food manufacture b. (1) foliage trees in full ~ (2) the leaves of a plant as an article of commerce 2. something suggestive of a ~: as a. a part of a book or folded sheet containing a page on each side b. (1) a part (as of window shutters, folding doors, or gates) that slides or is hinged (2) the movable parts of a table top c. (1) a thin sheet or plate of any substance ; lamina (2) metal (as gold or silver) in sheets usually thinner than foil (3) one of the plates of a ~ spring • ~less adjective • ~like adjective II. verb Date: 1611 intransitive verb 1. to shoot out or produce leaves will ~ out in spring 2. to turn over pages especially to browse or skim ~ through a book transitive verb to turn over the pages of
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n. & v. --n. (pl. leaves) 1 a each of several flattened usu. green structures of a plant, usu. on the side of a stem or branch and the main organ of photosynthesis. b other similar plant structures, e.g. bracts, sepals, and petals (floral leaf). 2 a foliage regarded collectively. b the state of having leaves out (a tree in leaf). 3 the leaves of tobacco or tea. 4 a single thickness of paper, esp. in a book with each side forming a page. 5 a very thin sheet of metal, esp. gold or silver. 6 a the hinged part or flap of a door, shutter, table, etc. b an extra section inserted to extend a table. --v. 1 intr. put forth leaves. 2 tr. (foll. by through) turn over the pages of (a book etc.). Phrases and idioms leaf-green the colour of green leaves. leaf insect any insect of the family Phylliidae, having a flattened body leaflike in appearance. leaf-miner any of various larvae burrowing in leaves, esp. moth caterpillars of the family Gracillariidae. leaf-monkey a langur. leaf-mould soil consisting chiefly of decayed leaves. leaf spring a spring made of strips of metal. leaf-stalk a petiole. Derivatives leafage n. leafed adj. (also in comb.). leafless adj. leaflessness n. leaflike adj. Etymology: OE leaf f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) лист; тонкая пластинка 2) метал. листообразная формовочная лопатка 3) полотно (двери) 4) створка (окна, двери, шлюзовых ворот) 5) крыло; пролёт (разводного моста) 6) ворота (в каменной кладке) 7) фольга 8) лист (листовой рессоры) 9) элемент фильтра 10) табачный лист; 11) лист (страница с оборотом) - abrasive leaf - bascule leaf - diaphragm leaf - door leaf - downstream leaf - folded leaf - gold leaf - hinge leaf - main leaf - roll leaf - shutter leaf - tin leaf - upstream leaf ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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полотно (двери); полотнище (ворот) крыло (раскрывающегося моста) (наружная или внутренняя) перегородка (облегчённой кирпичной кладки) щит, клапан (затвора) leaf of a cavity wall acanthus leaf active leaf door leaf gold leaf ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
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1) лист 2) листовой 3) листовый 4) листочный 5) пластинчатый 6) пластичный 7) срывной 8) створка break up the leaf — ломать чайный лист leaf vacuum filter — рамный вакуум-фильтр - directed leaf - door leaf - ferment the leaf - leaf chain - leaf composition - leaf fiber - leaf filter - leaf node - leaf space - loose leaf - roll the leaf - singular leaf - spring leaf - tea leaf - wither the leaf ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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бот. лист; покрываться листвой, одеваться листьями in leaf — с распустившимися листьями; покрытый листвой to be in leaf to come into leaf, to leaf out — покрываться листьями, распускаться – abruptly pinnate leaf – abscissed leaf – acerose leaf – acropetal leaf – acuminate leaf – alternate leaf – amplexicaule leaf – apical leaf – basal leaf – bijugate leaf – binary leaf – bipinnate leaf – bipinnately compound leaf – biternate leaf – boot leaf – bottom leaf – cataphyllary leaf – cauline leaf – channeled leaf – clasping leaf – cleft leaf – complete leaf – compound leaf – compound pinnate leaf – concave leaf – cordate leaf – covering leaf – crenate leaf – crinkled leaf – curled leaf – cuspidate leaf – cut leaf – dead leaf – deciduous leaf – decurrent leaf – dedalous leaf – deltoid leaf – dentate leaf – digitate leaf – digitinervate leaf – dissected leaf – divided leaf – dotted leaf – double-serrate leaf – drooping leaf – elliptical leaf – emarginate leaf – ensiform leaf – entire leaf – erect leaf – evergreen leaf – feather-nerved leaf – finger-veined leaf – fistulose leaf – flag leaf – fleshy leaf – floating leaf – golden leaf – halberd-shaped leaf – heart-shaped leaf – hollow leaf – imparipinnate leaf – impressed leaf – iniial leaf – interruptedly pinnate leaf – isolateral leaf – jacket leaf – kidney-shaped leaf – knobbed leaf – lacerated leaf – laciniated leaf – laminal leaf leaf – lanceolate leaf – linear leaf – linearly lanceolate leaf – lobed leaf – lyrate leaf – moss leaf – obcordate leaf – oblanceolate leaf – odd-pinnate leaf – opposite leaf – orbiculate leaf – oval leaf – palmate leaf – palmately compound leaf – palmately lobed leaf – palmately parted leaf – palmatilobate leaf – palmatipartite leaf – palmatisected leaf – parallelinervate leaf...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. лист leaf litter —- опавшие листья; лесная подстилка leaf vein (rib) —- бот. жилка листа leaf vegetables —- с-х. листовые овощи to put forth leaves —- покрываться листьями 2. листва in leaf —- с распустившимися листьями; покрытый листвой to come into leaf, to be in leaf —- покрываться листвой, распускаться the fall of the leaf —- листопад; образ. осень; закат жизни 3. собир. чайный лист (также tea leaf) tobacco leaf —- листовой табак 4. разг. лепесток 5. лист (книги) loose leaf —- вкладной лист to turn over the leaves —- перелистывать страницы (книги) 6. лист металла leaf brass —- листовая медь 7. створка (двери и т. п.) leaf valve —- створчатый клапан 8. полотнище (ворот) 9. опускная доска (стола) 10. воен. прицельная рамка leaf sight —- откидной или рамочный прицел Id: to turn over a new leaf —- начать новую жизнь, исправиться Id: to take a leaf out of smb.'s book —- следовать чьему-л. примеру, подражать кому-л. Id: leaves without figs —- пустые слова 11. покрываться листьями, одеваться листьями 12. листать, перелистывать 13. мор. воен. жарг. отпуск ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun; pl. leaves 1) лист 2) листва; fall of the leaf, leaf fall - листопад; осень; fig. закат жизни; - come into leaf 3) страница, лист (книги); to turn over the leaves - перелистывать страницы (книги) 4) лист металла (особ. золота, серебра) 6) створка (дверей); полотнище (ворот); опускная доска (стола); половинка (ширмы) 6) attr. листовой 7) attr. раздвижной; - leaf bridge 8) attr. leaf litter - опавшие листья leaves without figs - пустые обещания to turn over a new leaf - начать новую жизнь, исправиться to take a leaf out of smb. s book - следовать чьему-л. примеру, подражать кому-л. 2. v. 1) покрываться листвой (амер. leaf out); The plant you gave me leafed out, just when I thought it was dead 2) перелистывать, листать (обыкн. leaf through, leaf over); Waiting to see the doctor, Jim was too nervous to read properly, so he just leafed through some old magazines that were kept in the waiting room Syn: see read LEAF bridge подъемный, разводной мост ...Англо-русский словарь
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(leaves, leafs, leafing, leafed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The leaves of a tree or plant are the parts that are flat, thin, and usually green. Many trees and plants lose their leaves in the winter and grow new leaves in the spring. In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen... The Japanese maple that stands across the drive had just come into leaf. N-COUNT: usu pl, also in/into N see also -leaved 2. A leaf is one of the pieces of paper of which a book is made. He flattened the wrappers and put them between the leaves of his book. = page N-COUNT 3. If you take a leaf from someone’s book you behave in the same way as them because you want to be like that person or as successful as they are. Maybe we should take a leaf out of Branson’s book. It’s easy to see how he became a billionaire... PHRASE: V inflects 4. If you say that you are going to turn over a new leaf, you mean that you are going to start to behave in a better or more acceptable way. He realized he was in the wrong and promised to turn over a new leaf. PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n plural leaves 1 »PLANT« one of the flat green parts of a plant that are joined to its stem or branches (a flowering bush with large shiny leaves | be in leaf/come into leaf) (The forest was just coming into leaf.) 2 take a leaf out of sb's book to copy the way someone else behaves because you admire them 3 turn over a new leaf to decide you will change the way you behave and become a better person 4 »PAPER« technical a thin sheet of paper, especially a page in a book (- see also loose-leaf, overleaf) 5 »OF TABLE« a part of the top of a table that can be taken out to make the table smaller 6 »METAL« metal, especially gold or silver, in a very thin sheet; gold leaf (- see also shake like a leaf shake1 (1)) ~2 v leaf through sth phr v to turn the pages of a book quickly, without reading it properly (I was leafing through an old school magazine when I came across your photo.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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environ. abbr. Latrobe Environmental Action Forum funny abbr. Lovely Exquisite Angelic Four farm. abbr. Linking The Environment And Farming gen. comp. abbr. Little Embedded Application Fragment network. abbr. Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall non-prof. org. abbr. Lamar Educational Awards Foundation non-prof. org. abbr. Liberian Educational Achievement Foundation non-prof. org. abbr. League Of Educators And Families non-prof. org. abbr. Local Enterprise Assistance Fund educ. abbr. Learning Education And Fun educ. abbr. Layman Education And Activation Form law abbr. Law Enforcement Access Field NASDAQ abbr. Interleaf, Inc. ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- O.E. leaf "leaf of a plant, page of a book," from P.Gmc. *laubaz, from PIE *leup- "to peel off, break off." The verb meaning "to turn over (the pages of a book)" is from 1663; the sense of book pages also is the notion in the phrase to turn over a new leaf. Leaflet is 1787 as a term in botany; 1867 as a term in printing and publication. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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