Definition: 1. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants. 2. A sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book. 3. Hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door. 4. Look through a book or other written material. 5. Turn over pages.
Use 'leaf' in a sentence:
1. Here is a leaf.
2. I was shaking like a leaf.
3. I'm a leaf.
4. Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn.
5. I was shaking all over, trembling like a leaf.
6. Is there a maple leaf in Canada's national flag?
7. The Japanese maple that stands across the drive had just come into leaf.
8. The birds' nests are lined with tightly packed leaves.
9. The insect, also known as the tomato leaf miner, devastates crops by feeding on fruits and digging into and moving through stalks.
10. Leaf already become yellow.
11. The leaves were turning brown.
12. Not only that, but the red is brighter on the upper side of the leaf.
13. The leaves had been raked into a pile.
14. The ant is carrying a leaf.
15. The maple leaf stands for Canada.
16. David spotted a bug on another leaf.
17. One cattail leaf fan can be used to cool the air.
18. Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant.
19. She will be greatly missed when she leaves.
20. I am that leaf.
21. It hides under a big leaf.
22. In the same drawing, she incorrectly lumped together army and leaf-cutter ants.
23. I'll say this much for him ─ he never leaves a piece of work unfinished.
24. The end of the novel leaves you panting for more.
25. The evaporation from the leaf surface causes a constant compensatory suction of water.
26. The trees are just coming into leaf.
27. At rest the insect looks like a dead leaf.
28. It's a maple leaf cake.
29. The leaves floated on the water.
30. Seven from ten leaves three.
31. I love maple leaf! Thank you!
32. The paper on the walls was pale gold, embossed with swirling leaf designs.
33. Do you ever wonder why a fall leaf changes color?
34. Round about him, not a leaf stirred.
35. It was the last leaf on the vine.
36. He will be difficult to replace when he leaves.
37. The spacecraft in space like a leaf boat slowly flying.
38. If he picks a leaf, he will die.
39. Leaves change colour in autumn.
40. The leaves gyrated slowly to the ground.
41. Clear away leaves and other garden debris from the pond.
42. The leaves of certain trees are poisonous to cattle.
43. The leaves formed a dark green rosette.
44. The leaves are grey and silky smooth.
45. They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves.
46. The plane leaves Heathrow at 12.35.
47. The plane leaves for Dallas at 12.35.
48. Pick off all the dead leaves.
49. The trees are coming into leaf.
50. September had come and the leaves were starting to fall.
51. The leaves will scorch if you water them in the sun.
52. When she leaves school, she wants to learn a trade.
53. The illustration shows a section through a leaf.
54. Before long, she took a lotus leaf back and spread it on the table.
55. Remove dead leaves to encourage new growth.
56. He leaves a wife and two children.
57. The leaves on the plant had shrivelled up from lack of water.
