leaf
[leef]
noun, plural leaves [leevz] /livz/.
verb (used without object)
to put forth leaves.
to turn pages, especially quickly (usually followed by through): to leaf through a book.
verb (used with object)
to thumb or turn, as the pages of a book or magazine, in a casual or cursory inspection of the contents.
Origin of leaf
before 900; Middle English leef, lef, Old English lēaf; cognate with Dutch loof, German Laub, Old Norse lauf, Gothic laufs
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Related Words for leafless
exposed, nude, bald, raw, bare, helpless, defenseless, barren, natural, open, stripped, threadbare, unconcealed, uncovered, undressed, unprotected, vulnerable, unclad, bared, denudedExamples from the Web for leafless
Contemporary Examples of leafless
Historical Examples of leafless
Let the trees again be leafless; let the rivers flow no longer in their empty beds.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
At last we reach a tree partly unoccupied, but it is leafless, alas!
Things as They AreAmy Wilson-Carmichael
Every leafless bough of yonder lofty elder-tree is thick with birds.
The Shadow of a CrimeHall Caine
The wind blew strongly, and soughed in the stiff and leafless boughs.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
Even yet on the sheltered side there was a monthly rose or two on the leafless bushes.
Mary GrayKatharine Tynan
leaf
noun plural leaves (liːvz)
verb
Word Origin for leaf
Old English; related to Gothic laufs, Icelandic lauf
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