leaf Synonyms & Antonyms
What Is Another Word for Leaf?
Instead of leaf you can say folium depending on the context.
Choose a meaning, then find a word that fits your sentence.
Leaf as a Noun
The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
Synonyms & similar words
A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
gold leaf
One of the individual flat or curved strips of metal, typically made of spring steel, that make up a leaf spring.
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.
The train car has one single-leaf and two double-leaf doors per side.
In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
Cannabis.
A Canadian person.
A particular value of the EAX register when a program runs the CPUID instruction; each leaf represents a different category of information returned about the processor.
Leaf as a Verb
To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.
To play a prank on someone by throwing a large clump or collection of leaves at them.
Leaf in a Sentence
gold leaf
The train car has one single-leaf and two double-leaf doors per side.
The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.
Word Forms & Grammar
leaf (countable and uncountable, plural leaves)
leaf (third-person singular simple present leafs, present participle leafing, simple past and past participle leafed)
Words That Rhyme With Leaf
Origin of Leaf
Origin 1: From Middle English lef, leef, from Old English lēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laubą (“leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰ-o-m, from *lewbʰ- (“to cut off”).[1]
Origin 2: (Internet slang: Canadian): In reference to the maple leaf as national symbol.
Leaf at a Glance
| Part of speech | noun, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /liːf/ |
| Meaning | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants |
| Synonyms | folium |
| Plural | leaves |
| Verb forms | leafs, leafing, leafed |
Common Questions About Leaf
Is leaf a noun or a verb?
Leaf is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb.
What is the plural of leaf?
The plural of leaf is leaves.
What is the past tense of leaf?
The past tense of leaf is leafed. The present participle is leafing.