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Leaves

noun
/liːvz/
Word Frequency: 44.8

Definitions

1.nounThe usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
2.nounAnything resembling the leaf of a plant.
3.nounA sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
"gold leaf"
4.nounA sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
5.noun(in the plural) Tea leaves.
6.nounA flat section used to extend the size of a table.
7.nounA 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."
8.nounA foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
9.nounIn a tree, a node that has no descendants.
10.nounThe layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
11.nounOne of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
12.nounMarijuana.
13.noun(4chan) A Canadian person.
14.verbTo have a consequence or remnant.
15.verbTo depart; to separate from.
16.verbTo transfer something.
17.verbTo remain (behind); to stay.
18.verbTo stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
19.nounThe action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
20.nounThe arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
21.nounPermission to be absent; time away from one's work.
"I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss."
22.nounPermission.
"Might I beg leave to accompany you?"
23.nounFarewell, departure.
"I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance."
24.verbTo give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
"We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend."
25.verbTo produce leaves or foliage.
26.verbTo raise; to levy.

Synonyms

foliumdepartforgetleave behindauthorisationconsentannual leaveholidayleafdrop outthrow in the towelchuck up the sponge

Rhymes With

believessheavespeevesperceivesheavesthievesinterleavescleaves
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