leaf — OAT · Shobdo

leaf

noun

1 sycamore leaves:

frond;

flag, needle, pad, blade, bract, leaflet;

technical cotyledon, foliole.

2 as he handled the book, a sheaf of loose leaves fell from the back:

page, sheet, folio, flyleaf.

verb

1 he leafed through a pile of documents:

flick, flip, thumb, skim, browse, glance, look, riffle;

read, scan, dip into, run one's eye over, have a look at, peruse.

2 many plants need a period of dormancy before they leaf and flower:

put out leaves, bud, burst into leaves;

rare foliate.

word links	leaf
phyllo- related prefix, as in phylloxera -phyll related suffix, as in chlorophyll foliar relating to leaves foliaceous resembling leaves foliate decorated like leaves folivore, phyllophagous leaf-eating