leaf
noun
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
had leafed
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past perfectof leaf.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Back in Japan we had leafed through the files.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eight months had leafed away since his fall from power in Rome.
From Time Magazine Archive
He remembered that in the art books he had leafed through at Leader’s, many paintings depicted death.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
So they hid behind the thick branches of the tree, which had leafed out for early spring, and there the two bad creatures waited.
From Uncle Wiggily in the Woods by Garis, Howard Roger
