leaf

Definizione monolingua

leaf

leaf (third-person singular simple present leafs, present participle leafing, simple past and past participle leafed)

1. (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

leaf (plural leaves)

1. The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
2. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
3. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.

   gold leaf

4. A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
5. (in the plural) Tea leaves.
6. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
7. 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

8. (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
9. (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
10. The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.

leaf (c., pl. form leave)

1. friendly, kind, cordial

leaf

1. in a friendly manner, kindly, cordially

Definizione dizionario leaf

	foglia
	sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin
	part of a plant
	The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants, usually consisting of a flat green blade attached to the stem directly or by a stalk. (Source: CED)
	A node with no child objects represented in the tree.

	foglio
	sheet of a book

battente

carta

falda

fogliame

foglie

fòja

lamina

lamina sottile

pagina

prolunga

sfogliare

titolo

Altri significati:

(computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.

A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).

The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.

to produce leaves

moveable panel of a bridge or door

anything resembling the leaf of a plant

The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.

flat section used to extend a table

computing, mathematics: tree node without descendants

A flat section used to extend the size of a table.

Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.

(intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

(botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.

A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.

A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.

(in the plural) Tea leaves.