Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
leaf
IPA transcription: [l'if]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
leaf, leafage, foliage
Meaning:
the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
Usage examples
Beverly was trembling like a leaf.
Could the leaf whistle, Ojo wondered?
"He is so small he can hide under a leaf.
Like a withered leaf the moon is blown across the bay
I cut down the leaf with my knife and--out you popped.
The nuggets flattened to a yellow leaf as fine and flexible as silk.
I shook like an aspen leaf at the sight, and my spirit quaked for fear.
It plucked the leaf, which made a buckler for its small throbbing breast.
In the front row a woman stood up, swayed and shaken as a leaf in the wind.
"All for the good of the community!" said one, and ran off with a great hollow leaf.