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leafing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | foliation |
| Type of | growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, development |
Examples of leafing
leafing
But leafing through books tended to break concentration and repairs took longer.
From the sciencedaily.com
Now, more people are leafing through their Sunday circulars looking for a deal.
From the timesunion.com
Is the tree beginning to bloom in early spring, followed by normal leafing out?
From the tennessean.com
It's not as though men spend their evenings leafing through the plays of Moliere.
From the washingtonpost.com
The visceral experience of being in there, leafing through the racks, is more fun.
From the guardian.co.uk
In a far corner, his civil servants sit on the floor, leafing through papers.
From the time.com
The doctor would probably be overjoyed leafing through the U.S. press lately.
From the time.com
I'd happily spend the whole day there, reading a book or leafing through newspapers.
From the online.wsj.com
Heaney had been leafing through a catalogue of special-education products last fall.
From the sltrib.com
- The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- Flick: look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
- A sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
- Turn over pages; "leaf through a book"; "leaf a manuscript"
- Hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
- Produce leaves, of plants
- In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat (laminar) and thin. ...
- The verso is the "back" side and the recto the "front" side of a leaf of paper in a bound item such as a book, broadsheet, or pamphlet. Thus in languages written from left to right (like English), the recto is the right-hand page and the verso the left-hand page. ...
- The Nissan Leaf (also formatted "LEAF" as bacronym for Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car) is a compact 5-door hatchback electric car to be produced by Nissan. According to the manufacturer, the Leaf's all-electric range is in city driving.
