leaf
The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most…The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
» A dead leaf fell to the ground.
Ein trockenes Blatt fiel zu Boden.
Сухий лист впав на землю.
Meaning
15 senses(countable, uncountable)The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
(countable, uncountable)A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
(countable, uncountable)Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
Blatt, Laubblatt, Blatt
листlist, ли́стьяlístʹja, листlist
листlyst
(countable, uncountable)A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
Blatt
листlist, листы́listý
(countable, uncountable)A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
gold leaf
листlist, листы́listý
(countable, uncountable)One of the individual flat or curved strips of metal, typically made of spring steel, that make up a leaf spring.
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)Tea leaves.
(countable, uncountable)A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
Platte
листlist, ли́стьяlístʹja
hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
Blatt
(countable, uncountable)The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
(countable, uncountable)One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
Examples
155 sentencesA dead leaf fell to the ground.
Сухий лист впав на землю.
deEin trockenes Blatt fiel zu Boden.
I've turned over a new leaf.
ruЯ перевернул новую страницу.
deIch habe ein neues Kapitel aufgeschlagen.
He turned over a new leaf in life.
deEr schlug im Leben ein neues Kapitel auf.
Tom wants to turn over a new leaf.
I want to turn over a new leaf.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English lef, leef, from Old English lēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, fromFrom Middle English lef, leef, from Old English lēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laubą (“leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰ-o-m, from *lewbʰ- (“to cut off”).
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Forms
plural: leavesSynonyms
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262 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable