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    [Noun]  | "leaf" | \ ˈlēf \


    1: a lateral outgrowth from a plant stem that is typically a flattened expanded variably shaped greenish organ, constitutes a unit of the foliage, and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis

    2: a modified leaf (such as a bract or sepal) primarily engaged in functions other than food manufacture

    3: foliage

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English leef, from Old English lēaf; akin to Old High German loub leaf;

    [Noun]  | "leaf blower" 


    1: a machine that generates a current of air used to collect loose leaves and debris

    Origin: 1957 ;

    [Noun]  | "leaf bud" 


    1: a bud that develops into a leafy shoot and does not produce flowers

    Origin: 1658 ;

    [Noun]  | "leaf butterfly" 


    1: any of a genus (Kallima) of nymphalid butterflies of southern Asia with wings resembling dried or dead leaves

    Origin: 1838 ;

    [Noun]  | "leaf curl" 


    1: any of numerous plant diseases caused by ascomycetous fungi (genus Taphrina of the family Taphrinaceae) or viruses (especially genus Begomovirus of the family Geminiviridae) and characterized by curling of leaves; especially : peach leaf curl

    Origin: 1850 ;

    [Noun]  | "leaf-cut*ter" | \ ˈlēf-ˌkə-tər \


    1: any of various chiefly tropical American ants (genera Atta and Acromyrmex) that cut and carry off the leaves of plants which they use in culturing fungi for food —called also leaf-cutting ant

    Origin: 1870 ;

    [Noun]  | "leaf fat" 


    1: the fat that lines the abdominal cavity and encloses the kidneys; especially : that of a hog used in the manufacture of lard

    Origin: 1702 ;

    [Noun]  | "leaf lard" 


    1: high-quality lard made from leaf fat

    Origin: 1797 ;

    [Verb]  | "leaf" 


    1: to shoot out or produce leaves

    2: to turn over pages especially to browse or skim

    3: to turn over the pages of

    Origin: 1611 ;

    [Noun]  | "leaf" 


    1: as in sheet, slice;


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    [Noun]  | "fig leaf" 


    1: as in Trojan horse, Potemkin village;


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    [Verb]  | "leaf" 


    1: to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner;


      * e.g., " ... we must have spent hours leafing through wallpaper books before we found something we both liked "



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    [Verb]  | "leaf (through)" 


    1: as in turn over, dip (into);


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    [Verb]  | "turn over" 


    1: to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress;


      * e.g., " ... reluctantly turned the ship over to the first mate while he went below to try to stop the leak "




    2: to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another;


      * e.g., " ... turned the evidence over to the police "




    3: to turn on one's side or upside down;


      * e.g., " ... don't try to tell me the bucket turned over all by itself "



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     [ "leaf" ]

    1: /lēf/ NOUN informal offensive a contemptuous term for a Canadian person.

      * e.g.,  ... That fucking leaf keeps stinking up the microwave at work with his homemade poutine. 

     [ "leaf" ]

    1: To break a minor commitment, usually relating to attending a social gathering.

      * e.g.,  ... John was supposed to come to the party, but then he called and leafed. 

     [ "leaf" ]

    1: marijuana: Pot, reefer

      * e.g.,  ... roll us up some of that leaf. Pretty soon we'll be down to seeds and stems again. 

     [ "leaf" ]

    1: a person who choose the teams he's a fans of by the prevailing wind of who most likely to win the next championship. these fans are mostly in the NFC, Hence one year their a forty niner, the next a cowboy then green bay and so on and so

      * e.g.,  ... Boy Andre was a Pats fan last year now he's crowing about the saints. 

     [ "leaf" ]

    1: Money (at least where im from)

      * e.g.,  ... A: yo, dude i need some leaf 

     [ "leaf" ]

    1: Any of the usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant and having photosynthesis and like several plants, predators which eat leaves like caterpillars.

      * e.g.,  ... I got a leaf so the caterpillar can munch it up. 

     [ "leaf" ]

    1: Canadian who let's his country get raped by bunch of monkeys and does nothing about it.

      * e.g.,  ... "They are black, my SJW teacher taught me that I have to let them rape and pillage my home country and I'm too much of a worthless garbage to do anything about it" t: leaf 

     [ "leaf" ]

    1: somebody who should start playing tfc again

     [ "leaf" ]

    2: - god

     [ "Leaf" ]

    1: A peaceful thing that will take over your yard

      * e.g.,  ... What you got against a dang leaf, boi? 

     [ "Leaf~" ]

    1: a creepy self absorbed pathological liar who thinks he is gods gift to humanity only to find out later that his only friend is his own tiny calloused over used penis wrinkle.

      * e.g.,  ... man that Leaf~ over there keeps spouting out bullshit 

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