any of the flat, usu green, and typically broad-bladed outgrowths from the stem of a plant that functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
foliage, or the state of having foliage
in leaf
a part of a book or folded sheet of paper containing a page on each side
a part of a window shutter, folding door, or table that slides or is hinged
a section that can be inserted into a tabletop to extend it
metal, e.g. gold or silver, in sheets that are usu thinner than foil
take a leaf out of somebody's book
to copy or imitate somebody's behaviour
turn over a new leaf
to make a change for the better, esp in one's way of living
[from the former practice of making a pupil who had spoilt a page of their copybook turn over and write the exercise out again]leafless adj
leaflike adj
[Old English lēaf]