leaf

IPA: ɫˈif

The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
(publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
(in the plural) Tea leaves.
A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
(plural leaves or leafs) A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
(botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
(computing, mathematics) 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.
(slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
(4chan, Internet slang, humorous, sometimes pejorative, plural leafs) A Canadian person.
A surname from Old English.
(Internet slang, humorous, sometimes pejorative) A Canadian person.
(slang, Canada) A member of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team, its organization, or its supporters.
A model of car built by Nissan, with a name chosen for its green connotations.

Examples of "leaf" in Sentences

The term leaf should only be applied to the foliage.
No; the mullein leaf is the best because it holds the water so nicely.
“A rule of thumb I always use is, when I can look down and identify what kind of leaf is at my feet,” Cota said.
For example, the Fini four leaf is better than the one leaf, and the Mazetti 4-leaf is better than its one leaf, but the Fini four leaf is a lot better than the Mazetti four leaf.
The bark of the branch containing the bud and the leaf is then detached from the branch, by passing under it the bone handle of the budding-knife, which is made flat and thin on purpose, and raising it gradually up.
The first leaf was left blank; the second was the title leaf upon the top of which appeared the name of the Camp Fire, and at the bottom the date of the first council fire; following the title leaf each girl fills out her group of three leaves.
In a blender, macerate with water, fresh or dried drawing herbs: comfrey root or leaf, marshmallow root, burdock root, and/or plantain leaf*; with fresh or dried antimicrobial herbs: echinacea root, or leaves and flowers, and a fresh clove of garlic; or add a few drops essential oil of thyme to the finished poultice.