Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

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.