leaf

leaf¹ W2S2 [li:f] n plural leaves [li:vz]

↑branch, ↑leaves, ↑trunk

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1¦(plant)¦

2 take a leaf out of somebody's book

3 turn over a new leaf

4¦(page)¦

5¦(part of table)¦

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[: Old English;]

1.) ¦(PLANT)¦

one of the flat green parts of a plant that are joined to its stem or branches

▪ a flowering bush with large shiny leaves

leaf of

▪ Add a few leaves of fresh basil to the salad.

be in leaf/come into leaf

(=have or start growing leaves, at a particular time of year)

▪ The forest was just coming into leaf.

2.) take a leaf out of sb's book

to copy the way someone else behaves because you want to be like them or be as successful as they are

▪ They are committing $3m to research. We could take a leaf out of their book.

3.) turn over a new leaf

to change the way you behave and become a better person

▪ I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf.

4.) ¦(PAGE)¦ formal

a page of a book

▪ He slipped the letter between the leaves of his notebook.

→↑loose-leaf, ↑overleaf

5.) ¦(PART OF TABLE)¦

a part of the top of a table that can be taken out to make the table smaller

→shake like a leaf at ↑shake¹ (2)

leaf ²

leaf² v

leaf through [leaf through sth] phr v

to turn the pages of a book quickly, without reading it properly

= ↑skim through

▪ She picked up the magazine and leafed through it.