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- English Word Leady Definition Resembling lead.
- English Word Leaf Definition A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.
- English Word Leaf Definition A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.
- English Word Leaf Definition Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
- English Word Leaf Definition To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.
- English Word Leaf-footed Definition Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus).
- English Word Leaf-nosed Definition Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; -- said of certain bats, esp. of the genera Phyllostoma and Rhinonycteris. See Vampire.
- English Word Leafage Definition Leaves, collectively; foliage.
- English Word Leafcup Definition A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia).
- English Word Leafed Definition of Leaf
- English Word Leafed Definition Having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed.
- English Word Leafet Definition A leaflet.
- English Word Leafiness Definition The state of being leafy.
- English Word Leafing Definition of Leaf
- English Word Leafless Definition Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage.
- English Word Leaflet Definition A little leaf; also, a little printed leaf or a tract.
- English Word Leaflet Definition One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole.
- English Word Leaflet Definition A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes.
- English Word Leafstalk Definition The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.
- English Word Leafy Definition Full of leaves; abounding in leaves; as, the leafy forest.
- English Word Leafy Definition Consisting of leaves.
- English Word League Definition A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.
- English Word League Definition A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
- English Word League Definition An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc.
- English Word League Definition To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.
- English Word League Definition To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.
- English Word Leagued Definition of League
- English Word Leaguer Definition The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.
- English Word Leaguer Definition A siege or beleaguering.
- English Word Leaguer Definition To besiege; to beleaguer.