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leaf

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noun

/ˈliːf/ , pl leaves /ˈliːvz/

one of the flat and typically green parts of a plant that grow from a stem or twig [count]

a maple leaf

a tobacco leaf

tea leaves

I heard the rustle of the autumn leaves.

a pile of dead leaves

The trees drop their leaves in the fall, and new leaves grow again in the spring. [noncount]

By the end of April, most trees are in leaf. [=most trees have grown their new leaves]

The trees have not yet come into leaf.

see color picture

[count] :a sheet of paper in a book :page

usually used figuratively

I decided to take/borrow a leaf out of his book [=to do the same thing that he did] and invest some money in the stock market. - see also flyleaf, loose-leaf

[count] :a part that can be added to or removed from a table to change the size of its top surface

[noncount] :a very thin sheet of metal (such as gold or silver) that is used to decorate something

silver leaf

turn over a new leaf

to start behaving or living in a different and better way

I decided to turn over a new leaf and stop worrying so much.

The program helps drug addicts to turn over a new leaf when they get out of jail.

verb

leafs; leafed; leafing

leaf out

[phrasal verb] US of a tree :to produce leaves

The tree will leaf out in the spring.

leaf through

[phrasal verb]

leaf through (something) :to turn the pages of (a book, a magazine, etc.)

She was leafing through the magazine, looking at the pictures.

* Các từ tương tự:
leafed, leaflet, leafy