Synonyms of the word leaf


LEAFACQUIRE - DEVELOP - FLICK - FLIP - FOLIAGE - FOLIO - GET - GROW - LEAFAGE - PERUSE - PRODUCE - RIFF - RIFFLE - SECTION - SEGMENT - SHEET - THUMB - TURN

leaf

  • n. The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
  • n. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
  • n. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
  • n. A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
  • n. (in the plural) Tea leaves.
  • n. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
  • n. A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms…
  • n. (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise…
  • n. (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
  • n. The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
  • n. One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
  • v. (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

acquire

  • v. (transitive) To get.
  • v. (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
  • v. (medicine) To contract.
  • v. (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.

develop

  • v. (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
  • v. (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
  • v. (transitive) To create.
  • v. (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
  • v. (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
  • v. (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
  • v. (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving…
  • v. (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations…

flick

  • n. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
  • n. (informal) A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
  • n. (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike…
  • n. (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
  • n. The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
  • n. A flitch.
  • v. To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

flip

  • n. A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
  • n. A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
  • n. (US, slang) A slingshot.
  • v. (transitive) To throw (as in to turn over).
  • v. (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
  • v. (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy.
  • v. To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
  • v. (computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
  • interj. (Britain, mildly vulgar) used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.
  • adj. (Britain, informal) Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
  • adj. Sarcastic.
  • adj. (informal) Disrespectful.
  • n. A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a flip dog).

foliage

  • n. The leaves of plants.
  • n. (short for) Fall foliage.
  • n. An architectural ornament representing foliage.

folio

  • n. A leaf of a book or manuscript.
  • n. A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
  • n. (printing) A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand…
  • n. (paper) A sheet of paper folded in half.
  • n. (books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence,…
  • n. (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
  • n. (law, dated, 19th to early 20th century) A leaf containing a certain number of words; hence, a certain…
  • v. To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.

get

  • v. (transitive) To obtain; to acquire.
  • v. (transitive) To receive.
  • v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
  • v. (copulative) To become.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
  • v. (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to do.
  • v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses…
  • v. (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
  • v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
  • v. (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
  • v. (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
  • v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity…
  • v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it).
  • v. (transitive, informal) To be subjected to.
  • v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
  • v. (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
  • v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
  • v. (transitive) To find as an answer.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
  • v. (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
  • v. (transitive) To getter.
  • v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
  • v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  • v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
  • v. (imperative, informal) Go away; get lost.
  • v. (euphemistic) To kill.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
  • n. Offspring.
  • n. Lineage.
  • n. (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
  • n. Something gained.
  • n. (Britain, regional) A git.
  • n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.

grow

  • v. (ergative) To become bigger.
  • v. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
  • v. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
  • v. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

leafage

  • n. The leaves of plants collectively; foliage.

peruse

  • n. An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.
  • v. (transitive) To examine or consider with care.
  • v. (transitive) To read completely.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To look over casually; to skim.
  • v. (intransitive, regional) To go from place to place; to wander.

produce

  • v. (transitive) To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.
  • v. (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
  • v. (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
  • v. (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
  • v. (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
  • n. Items produced.
  • n. Amount produced.
  • n. Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs,…
  • n. Offspring.
  • n. (Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.

riff

  • n. A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
  • n. A clever or witty remark.
  • n. A variation on something.
  • n. A spoof.
  • v. To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use…

riffle

  • n. A fast-flowing, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
  • n. A succession of small waves.
  • n. A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching…
  • n. A quick skim through the pages of a book.
  • n. The act of shuffling cards; the sound made while shuffling cards.
  • v. (intransitive) To flow over a fast moving shallow part of a stream.
  • v. (transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
  • v. (intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
  • v. (transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
  • v. (transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges…
  • v. (transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
  • v. (transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.

section

  • n. A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
  • n. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
  • n. A part of a document.
  • n. An act or instance of cutting.
  • n. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
  • n. (surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.
  • n. (sciences) A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
  • n. (botany) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
  • n. (zoology) An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
  • n. (military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
  • n. (category theory) A right inverse.
  • n. (New Zealand) A piece of residential land; a plot.
  • n. (Canada) A one-mile square area of land, defined by a government survey.
  • n. (geology) A sequence of rock layers.
  • v. To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
  • v. (Britain) To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons…
  • v. To perform a cesarean section on (someone).

segment

  • n. A length of some object.
  • n. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section;…
  • n. (mathematics) A portion.
  • n. (sciences) A portion.
  • n. (broadcasting) A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
  • n. (computing) An Ethernet bus.
  • n. (computing) A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular…
  • n. (travel) A portion of an itinerary; can be a flight or train between two cities, a car or hotel booked…
  • v. To divide into segments or sections.

sheet

  • n. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
  • n. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping,…
  • n. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
  • n. A thin, flat layer of solid material.
  • n. A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
  • n. (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
  • n. (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
  • n. (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
  • n. (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
  • n. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
  • n. (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
  • n. (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
  • v. To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
  • v. Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
  • v. (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.

thumb

  • n. The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved…
  • n. (computing) The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.
  • n. (colloquial, Internet) A thumbnail picture.
  • v. (transitive) To touch or cover with the thumb.
  • v. (transitive, with through) To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.
  • v. (travel) To hitchhike.
  • v. To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling.
  • v. using the thumb to manipulate an object, such as to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver.
  • v. a method of firing single action revolvers quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depresses.

turn

  • v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
  • v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
  • v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
  • v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
  • v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
  • v. (archaic) To translate.
  • n. A change of direction or orientation.
  • n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
  • n. A single loop of a coil.
  • n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
  • n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
  • n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
  • n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
  • n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
  • n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
  • n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
  • n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
  • n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. A deed done to another.
  • n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
  • n. Character; personality; nature.
  • n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

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