LEAF

Meaning of LEAF in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a bus goes/leaves

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The last bus went ten minutes ago.

a lettuce leaf

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Tear the lettuce leaves into small pieces.

a stroke leaves sb paralysed (= someone can no longer move as the result of a stroke )

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Two years later she had a stroke which left her paralysed.

a train leaves/departs

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Trains depart from Rugby at half-hourly intervals until 4.00 pm.

an employee leaves

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When a senior employee leaves the company, we hold an exit interview.

bay leaf

be shaking like a leaf (= be shaking a lot because you are nervous or frightened )

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Diana was shaking like a leaf when she got up to give her talk.

Chinese leaves

dock leaf

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a dock leaf

fig leaf

flick/flip/leaf through the pages of sth (= turn them quickly )

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She was flicking through the pages of a magazine.

fly leaf

gold leaf

in full leaf/bloom

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The roses were now in full bloom.

leaf mould

leaves a nasty taste in...mouth (= makes you feel upset or angry afterwards )

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When you feel you’ve been cheated, it always leaves a nasty taste in the mouth .

sth leaves a stain

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She wiped the soup off her blouse, but it left a stain.

tea leaves

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

dead

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Gullies often become blocked by dead leaves and small stones which fall through the grating.

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It looks like a pile of dead leaves in there.

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The other nine songs on the album however, rustle past your ears like dead leaves .

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He played an almost extinct worm crawling through dead leaves .

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Are there any dead leaves on the ground which will tell us the kind of leaf which will soon clothe the tree?

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As her mouth opened to gasp her shock it filled with snow and dead leaves .

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Do they prefer fresh leaves or dead leaves?

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My face was on dead leaves and dried grass and pieces of twig.

dry

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That came from more than a few crossed twigs and dry leaves .

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Beneath were heaps of dry leaves , enough to cover many men.

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Lastly, put some dry leaves and grasses into the box, filling it about a quarter full.

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From there you do not hear the rustling of the few remaining dry beech leaves on young trees.

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Only a bold topknot of dry leaves thrust from his crown, grey-green and jagged.

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Listen to the dirge of the dry leaves , that were green and vigorous but a few moons before!

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Avoid dry leaves , twigs, puddles and mud as any noise will act as an alarm signal to the animal.

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Chipmunks scurried over the dry leaves in short bursts, sounding like moose on the run.

fresh

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Do they prefer fresh leaves or dead leaves?

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Run lemon wedges or fresh mint leaves through garbage disposal to kill odors.

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Garnish with sprigs of parsley or a few fresh tarragon leaves and serve with crusty bread.

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Replace wilting or mostly-eaten leaves with fresh leaves of the same kind.

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Some cooks use only dried bay, but fresh leaves are also good, used in greater quantity.

gold

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Thirty pages are reproduced in facsimile with gold leaf .

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Floors and columns were painted to look like marble, and 24-karat gold leaf was applied on molding.

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The name and port of registry were applied in gold leaf .

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The second piece is painted with bronze and gold leaf .

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Yet even as I watched, the gold leaf tilted slowly down toward the vertical, at ever-increasing speed.

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Three years ago she suddenly began to produce gold leaf .

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He also uses gold leaf on mirrors, then paints it to get an antique look.

green

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Stems of pale pink blooms above bright green leaves .

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With its light green leaves it is a suitable complement to darker brownish green plants.

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So the kindly plant grew to cover the rock with her green leaves .

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Cornish said the guayule shrub, which has silvery green leaves , has long been viewed as a possible source of latex.

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There are insects that look exactly like green leaves .

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Shaded by prouder trees, Tallis waited in the stillness, watching the movements of summer through gleaming green and spiky leaves .

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In a diffused light of sufficient intensity the same varieties form exquisite growth of long bright green leaves .

new

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There is no indication that Hollywood is turning over a new leaf , free of bloodstains.

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Monnett agrees too, so much that he has turned over a new leaf .

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Globe artichokes are sprouting new leaves and may need protection from frost in cold areas.

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What he does is chew up a pale, new leaf .

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Taking begonia leaf cuttings 1 Healthy new leaves make ideal material for leaf cuttings.

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And did I not, at fifty, put out a whole new crop of leaves myself?

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While rejoicing in the first full month of the closed fishing season also look out for the pale new leaves of spring.

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Their new light green leaves look vulnerable.

young

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The trees shook, all their young leaves shivering as if with ague or fear of the approaching storm.

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The leaves are of various shapes and arranged mostly in two rows on the rhizome; young leaves are rolled.

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Pieris japonica Variegata is a popular shrub for cutting as the young leaves are lightly tinged with pink.

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Some of the youngest spirally twisted leaves can be saved and will develop in the spring.

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The young leaves are very narrow, ribbon-like, linear and pointed at the tip.

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The young leaves are usually reddish, seldom light green.

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However, the tannins are least abundant in the younger leaves .

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He marked young leaves as they began to expand and then followed their fate by repeated observation.

■ NOUN

mould

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Cultivation: The planting medium should consist of clay, peat, loam or leaf mould and a good layer of sand.

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Plant this shrub in an open position and mulch with peat or leaf mould .

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Madra tripped and fell headlong in the leaf mould , and in an instant their pursuers were upon her.

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In this country, experiments are continuing with sticky goo to counteract the slippery leaf mould .

tea

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Helen uncovered her cup, checking to see if her tea leaves had sunk all the way to the bottom yet.

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A tea leaf was a thief, in rhyming slang.

■ VERB

cover

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He was covered with rotting sweet-potato leaves , and a dark-red liquid dripped from his arms and legs.

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The tree limbs were covered with leaves and the green grass cushioned the sapphire blue of the sky.

fall

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In autumn, it pays to cover the pool with netting to keep out falling leaves .

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Their voices were feathers, falling leaves , water seeping into its table.

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Madra tripped and fell headlong in the leaf mould, and in an instant their pursuers were upon her.

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Water lilies do not grow well if water is falling on to their leaves .

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Meanwhile, the arms hung down, wrinkled like grotesque, long, fallen leaves .

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I hear something fall on to the leaves below.

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It is mature and spontaneous utterance falling like ripe leaves on a still day in the fall of the year.

shake

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Rachel moved with a hoarse cry, groping blindly for support, trying to reach the sofas, shaking like a leaf .

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Every now and then the wind blew and rustled the branches and the snow was shaken down from the leaves .

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A mild breeze shook the leaves and a few dark clouds scudded across the sky.

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She was shaking like a leaf in a storm, bewildered and utterly drained of emotion.

shed

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He shed his leaves to cover her.

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Fiery gold and orange trees shed leaves which drifted down before a bright blue sky.

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When they shed leaves because of drought, trees do not usually bother with all the razzmatazz of colouring them beforehand.

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Inadequate light produces weak plants which shed their leaves very regularly.

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Winter came and the Daurog shed their leaves .

turn

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There is no indication that Hollywood is turning over a new leaf , free of bloodstains.

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As the New Year came and went, so did millions of resolutions to turn over a healthier leaf .

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Faldo, perhaps above all, will be hoping to turn over a new leaf .

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Monnett agrees too, so much that he has turned over a new leaf .

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Like all fathers, I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf .

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We urge them to turn over a new leaf .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

come into leaf/flower/blossom

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In the garden of the little farm, fruit trees are coming into flower, and others are beginning to leaf.

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The cherry tree was coming into blossom, encouraged by the unseasonably warm sunshine.

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When planted through beds of hybrid tea or floribunda rosea they add interest before the roses come into flower.

compound eye/leaf etc

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First, insects have compound eyes consisting of up to several thousand optical units called ommatidia, each with a single lens.

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Instead, it forms a huge domed shield on the front of which are two bean-shaped compound eyes.

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It forms the greater part of the brain and innervates the compound eyes and ocelli.

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That portion of the epicranium which lies immediately behind the frons and between the compound eyes is termed the vertex.

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The silverfish, for example, has compound eyes but others in the group are blind.

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There is not only one way, as is demonstrated by the compound eyes of arthropods.

put forth leaves/shoots/roots etc

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Suddenly as they exchanged memories each saw the other putting forth leaves.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

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the leaves of a maple tree

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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And did I not, at fifty, put out a whole new crop of leaves myself?

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Every leaf was picked out in golden radiance.

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Experts disagree on the best way of preserving the medicinal strength of its roots and leaves.

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The leaves are evergreen or semi-evergreen since they can be heavily defoliated in severe winters.

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Turn the leaf over and use a sharp knife to cut each of the main veins on the leaf.

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When the leaves being to fall, it's time to think about the Section 9's and the Section 10's.

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When the rain passed, the limbs of the wet trees were darker and their leaves were greener.

II. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

through

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But just the simple act of leafing through and talking about a book can help.

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And leafing through the book, I read the page numbers out loud, too.

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Grabbing the phone book, he leafed through , looking for the number of the nursing home.

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We were leafing through a well-worn copy of Sports Illustrated, and Mike was identifying his clients.

■ NOUN

book

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I leafed through the book for a while.

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And leafing through the book , I read the page numbers out loud, too.

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I leafed through the books in her bookcase.

page

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Cornelius leafed through the remaining pages .

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I leaf through the pages again that night.