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Definition of leaf : 1. A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.
2. A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.
3. Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : ( a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. ( b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. ( c) The movable side of a table. ( d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. ( e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. ( f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
4. To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.

Synonyms:

ruffle, flip over, snap, flip through, throw, flicker, leafage, riffle, foliation, click, stalk, skim, scan, turn over, folio, alternate, flick, interchange, ripple, fully leaved out, green, undulate, words, flip out, foliage, page number, twitch, riff, paging, tack, toss, blade, in foliage, switch, pitch, dip into, hitch, flip, thumb, investigate, pagination, finger, scale, run through, cockle, needle, sheath, skin, flip-flop, jerk, coat, leaflet, sky, sheet, hitchhike

Usage examples:

• In these winds certain small amounts of dust, or dirt, or leaf mould are whirled up into the air, but these are promptly washed down again whenever it rains; and the same is true of the smoke impurities in the air of our great cities. - "A Handbook of Health", Woods Hutchinson.
• The book is then opened at the place where the pin is, and if the leaf is blank the player loses; but if, on the other hand, the leaf bears a number, he is given the corresponding ticket, and an article of the value indicated on the ticket is then handed to him. - "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons", Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.
• " You've been taking a leaf out of Angus Dhu's book. - "Shenac's Work at Home", Margaret Murray Robertson.