[leef] 
noun, plural leaves [leevz] , verb | 1. | one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant. |
| 2. | any similar or corresponding lateral outgrowth of a stem. |
| 3. | a petal: a rose leaf. |
| 4. | leaves collectively; foliage. |
| 5. | Bibliography. a unit generally comprising two printed, blank, or illustrated pages of a book, one on each side. |
| 6. | a thin sheet of metal: silver leaf. |
| 7. | a lamina or layer. |
| 8. | a sliding, hinged, or detachable flat part, as of a door or tabletop. |
| 9. | a section of a drawbridge. |
| 10. | a single strip of metal in a leaf spring. |
| 11. | a tooth of a small gear wheel, as of a pinion. |
| 12. | leaf fat. |
| 13. | Textiles. shaft (def. 14). |
| 14. | to put forth leaves. |
| 15. | to turn pages, esp. quickly (usually fol. by through): to leaf through a book. |
| 16. | to thumb or turn, as the pages of a book or magazine, in a casual or cursory inspection of the contents. |
| 17. | in leaf, covered with foliage; having leaves: the pale green tint of the woods newly in leaf. |
| 18. | take a leaf out of or from someone's book, to follow someone's example; imitate: Some countries that took a leaf out of American industry's book are now doing very well for themselves. |
| 19. | turn over a new leaf, to begin anew; make a fresh start: Every New Year's we make resolutions to turn over a new leaf. |
[leef] | Mun⋅ro [muhn-roh] , 1905–76, U.S. author and illustrator of books for children. |
[shaft, shahft] | 1. | a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows. |
| 2. | something directed or barbed as in sharp attack: shafts of sarcasm. |
| 3. | a ray or beam: a shaft of sunlight. |
| 4. | a long, comparatively straight handle serving as an important or balancing part of an implement or device, as of a hammer, ax, golf club, or other implement. |
| 5. | Machinery. a rotating or oscillating round, straight bar for transmitting motion and torque, usually supported on bearings and carrying gears, wheels, or the like, as a propeller shaft on a ship, or a drive shaft of an engine. |
| 6. | a flagpole. |
| 7. | Architecture.
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| 8. | a monument in the form of a column, obelisk, or the like. |
| 9. | either of the parallel bars of wood between which the animal drawing a vehicle is hitched. |
| 10. | any well-like passage or vertical enclosed space, as in a building: an elevator shaft. |
| 11. | Mining. a vertical or sloping passageway leading to the surface. |
| 12. | Botany. the trunk of a tree. |
| 13. | Zoology. the main stem or midrib of a feather. |
| 14. | Also called leaf. Textiles. the harness or warp with reference to the pattern of interlacing threads in weave constructions (usually used in combination): an eight-shaft satin. |
| 15. | the part of a candelabrum that supports the branches. |
| 16. | to push or propel with a pole: to shaft a boat through a tunnel. |
| 17. | Informal. to treat in a harsh, unfair, or treacherous manner. |
leaf (lēf)  (click for larger image in new window) n. pl. leaves (lēvz)
v. intr.
To turn through the pages of. [Middle English, from Old English lēaf.] |
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shaft (shāft)
n.
An elongated rodlike structure, such as the midsection of a long bone.
The section of a hair projecting from the surface of the body.
leaf (lēf) Pronunciation Key
(click for larger image in new window) An appendage growing from the stem of a plant. Leaves are extremely variable in form and function according to species. For example, the needles of pine trees, the spines of cacti, and the bright red parts of the poinsettia plant are all leaves modified for different purposes. However, most leaves are flat and green and adapted to capturing sunlight and carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. They consist of an outer tissue layer (the epidermis) through which water and gases are exchanged, a spongy inner layer of cells that contain chloroplasts, and veins that supply water and minerals and carry out food. Some leaves are simple, while others are compound, consisting of multiple leaflets. The flat part of the leaf, the blade, is often attached to the stem by a leafstalk. |
LEAF language
1. LISP Extended Algebraic Facility.
2. "LEAF: A Language which Integrates Logic, Equations and Functions", R. Barbuti et al in Logic Programming, Functions Relations and Equations, D. DeGroot et al eds, P-H 1986, pp.201-238.
Leaf
of a tree. The olive-leaf mentioned Gen. 8:11. The barren fig-tree had nothing but leaves (Matt. 21:19; Mark 11:13). The oak-leaf is mentioned Isa. 1:30; 6:13. There are numerous allusions to leaves, their flourishing, their decay, and their restoration (Lev. 26:36; Isa. 34:4; Jer. 8:13; Dan. 4:12, 14, 21; Mark 11:13; 13:28). The fresh leaf is a symbol of prosperity (Ps. 1:3; Jer. 17:8; Ezek. 47:12); the faded, of decay (Job 13:25; Isa. 1:30; 64:6; Jer. 8:13). Leaf of a door (1 Kings 6:34), the valve of a folding door. Leaf of a book (Jer. 36:23), perhaps a fold of a roll.
leaf
In addition to the idiom beginning with leaf, also see quake in one's boots (like a leaf); take a leaf out of someone's book; turn over a new leaf.