different between unleaf vs leaf
unleaf
English
Etymology
un- +? leaf
Verb
unleaf (third-person singular simple present unleafs, present participle unleafing, simple past and past participle unleafed)
- Alternative spelling of unleave
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leaf
English
Etymology
From Middle English leef, from Old English l?af, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laub? (“leaf”) (compare West Frisian leaf, Low German Loov, Dutch loof, German Laub, Danish løv, Swedish löv, Norwegian Nynorsk lauv), from Proto-Indo-European *lowb?-o-m, from *lewb?- (“leaf, rind”) (compare Irish luibh (“herb”), Latin liber (“bast; book”), Lithuanian lúoba (“bark”), Albanian labë (“rind”), Latvian luba (“plank, board”), Russian ??? (lub, “bast”)).
Pronunciation
- enPR: l?f, IPA(key): /li?f/
- Rhymes: -i?f
- Homophones: Leith (with th-fronting), lief
Noun
leaf (countable and uncountable, plural leaves)
- The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
- Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
- A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
- A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
- Synonyms: folio, folium
- (advertising, dated) Two pages.
- 1900, Profitable Advertising (volume 10, issue 2, page 893)
- Heretofore advertisers have had to buy and pay for a leaf — two pages.
- 1900, Profitable Advertising (volume 10, issue 2, page 893)
- (in the plural) Tea leaves.
- A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
- A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
- Hyponym: doorleaf
- Meronym: stile
- (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
- (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
- 2011, John Mongan, Noah Kindler, Eric Giguère, Programming Interviews Exposed
- The algorithm pops the stack to obtain a new current node when there are no more children (when it reaches a leaf).
- 2011, John Mongan, Noah Kindler, Eric Giguère, Programming Interviews Exposed
- The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
- One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- (Internet slang, derogatory) A Canadian person.
Synonyms
- phyllon
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
leaf (third-person singular simple present leafs, present participle leafing, simple past and past participle leafed)
- (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
- (transitive) To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
- The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.
Synonyms
- leave (verb)
Derived terms
- leafing
- leaf through
Translations
See also
- foliage
- frond
- needle
Further reading
- leaf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- leaf (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- leaf in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- leaf at OneLook Dictionary Search
References
Anagrams
- Lafe, alef, feal, flea
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læ???f/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *laub?. Cognate with West Frisian leaf, Old Saxon l?f, Old High German loup, Old Norse lauf, Gothic ???????????????????? (laufs).
Noun
l?af n
- leaf
- page
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: leef, lefe, leve, lewe
- English: leaf
- Scots: leaf, lefe, leif
- Yola: laafe
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *laub?. Cognate with Old High German *louba (German Laube).
Noun
l?af f
- permission
Declension
Descendants
- English: leave
Scots
Etymology
From Old English l?af.
Noun
leaf (plural leafs)
- leaf
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l???f/
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian l?f
Noun
leaf n (plural leaven, diminutive leafke)
- leaf, especially a long leaf, like a blade of grass
Further reading
- “leaf (IV)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
From Old Frisian li?f
Adjective
leaf
- friendly, kind, cordial
Inflection
Derived terms
- leafde
- leavehearsbistke
Further reading
- “leaf (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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