Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - leaf
Leaf
leaf
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
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I. noun (plural leaves; also ~s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English leef, from Old English lēaf; akin to Old High German loub ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a. 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, a modified ~ (as a bract or sepal) primarily engaged in functions other than food manufacture, b. foliage , the leaves of a plant as an article of commerce, something suggestive of a ~: as, a part of a book or folded sheet containing a page on each side, b. a part (as of window shutters, folding doors, or gates) that slides or is hinged, the movable parts of a table top, c. a thin sheet or plate of any substance ; lamina, metal (as gold or silver) in sheets usually thinner than foil, one of the plates of a ~ spring, ~less adjective ~like adjective II. verb Date: 1611 intransitive verb to shoot out or produce leaves , to turn over pages especially to browse or skim , transitive verb to turn over the pages of ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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