leaf

A usually green, flattened, lateral structure attached to a stem and functioning as a principal organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in most plants.

A leaflike organ or structure.

1. Leaves considered as a group; foliage.

2. The state or time of having or showing leaves: trees in full leaf.

3. A very thin sheet of material, especially metal.

4. Such leaves considered as a group: covered in gold leaf.

The leaves of a plant used or processed for a specific purpose: large supplies of tobacco leaf.

Any of the sheets of paper bound in a book, each side of which constitutes a page.

1. A very thin sheet of material, especially metal.

2. Such leaves considered as a group: covered in gold leaf.

A hinged or removable section for a table top.

A hinged or otherwise movable section of a folding door, shutter, or gate.

One of several metal strips forming a leaf spring.

To produce leaves; put forth foliage: trees just beginning to leaf.

To turn pages, as in searching or browsing: leafed through the catalog.