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The leaf used sunlight as the plant made sugars.
What does Leaf mean?
A leaf is a plant part that often captures light, or a sheet or hinged section; to leaf means to turn pages or grow leaves.
Dictionary definition
A usually flat plant organ that grows from a stem and commonly captures light and exchanges gases; also, a sheet of paper or a hinged section. As a verb, to turn pages quickly or produce leaves.
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Leaf in a sentence
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She leafed through the atlas until she found the map.
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They added a leaf to the table so six people could sit together.
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What is a major function of many green leaves?
Leaves commonly capture light and take in carbon dioxide used in photosynthesis.
Practice 2
Which sentence uses leaf as a verb?
Leaf through means turn pages quickly while looking over them.
Practice 3
The irregular plural of leaf is ____.
Leaf changes f to v before the plural ending.
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WordLeaf.
Partnoun, verb.
MeaningLeaf means A leaf is a plant part that often captures light, or a sheet or hinged section; to leaf means to turn pages or grow leaves.
ExampleExample: The leaf used sunlight as the plant made sugars.
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Does Leaf have an opposite?
Leaf has no precise general antonym. The learner guidance identifies useful contextual contrasts without presenting them as lexical opposites.
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Hint for students
Check whether leaf names a plant organ, a thin sheet or hinged section, or the action of turning pages.
Common mix-up
Root and stem are other plant organs, not antonyms of leaf. The plural is leaves; leafs is used only in a few special names or verb forms.
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Observe one safe fallen leaf. Sketch blade, edge, and veins, then use leaf in a book sentence and as the verb leaf through.
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Compare a maple leaf, a book leaf, a table leaf, and “leaf through.” Ask students which shape or movement connects these uses.
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