Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

    produce leaves, of plants

  2. (transitive)To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.

    The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.

  3. (informal, transitive, uncommon)To play a prank on someone by throwing a large clump or collection of leaves at them.

Examples

155 sentences
  1. A dead leaf fell to the ground.

    Сухий лист впав на землю. — rmdas

    deEin trockenes Blatt fiel zu Boden. — lilygilder

  2. I've turned over a new leaf.

    ruЯ перевернул новую страницу. — odexed

    deIch habe ein neues Kapitel aufgeschlagen. — brauchinet

  3. He turned over a new leaf in life.

    deEr schlug im Leben ein neues Kapitel auf. — Sudajaengi

  4. Tom wants to turn over a new leaf.

  5. I want to turn over a new leaf.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English lef, leef, from Old English lēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from

From 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

leafs, leafing, leafed, leafed
Base formleaf · to leaf
3rd person singularleafs
Present participleleafing
Past simpleleafed
Past participleleafed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyleaf
he, she, itleafs

Past simpleLesson

all personsleafed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave leafed
he, she, ithas leafed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill leaf

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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