leaf
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(verb) produce leaves, of plants |
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Related Words: acquire, develop, get, grow, produce |
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(verb) turn over pages; "leaf through a book" |
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Related Words: turn, turn over |
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(verb) turn over the pages of; "leaf a book" |
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Related Words: turn |
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(noun) hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door) |
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Related Words: drop-leaf, section, segment |
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(noun) a sheet of any written or printed material |
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Synonyms: folio |
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Related Words: flyleaf, page, piece of paper, sheet, sheet of paper |
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(noun) the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants |
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Synonyms: foliage, leafage |
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Related Words: amplexicaul leaf, blade, compound leaf, cotyledon, crenate leaf, dandelion green, dentate leaf, emarginate leaf, entire leaf, erose leaf, fig leaf, floral leaf, frond, greenery, leaf blade, leaflet, lily pad, lobed leaf, parted leaf, plant organ, runcinate leaf, scale, scale leaf, seed leaf, serrate leaf, simple leaf, sporophyl, sporophyll, verdure |
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(verb) look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" |
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Synonyms: flick, flip, riff, riffle, thumb |
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Related Words: peruse |
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