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  • verb Present participle of leaf.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (botany) the process of forming leaves

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Examples

  • Last week, Melissa Lowe, an American, was with a bored expression leafing through an English newspaper in the waiting room of the foreigners 'clinic of a university hospital in Seoul.

    english.chosun.com : Total 2009

  • My only complaint is that it can be quite addictive – I spent hours 'leafing' through different topics and photos, and look forward to returning to the site. at

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

  • My only complaint is that it can be quite addictive – I spent hours 'leafing' through different topics and photos, and look forward to returning to the site. at

    Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets 2008

  • I'd settle for something that's fast enough to allow for true "leafing" through a book.

    Gizmodo 2009

  • Even if you are not familiar with Barry Moser's name, you've likely seen his distinctive engravings while reading a classic novel or leafing through a children's book.

    3 books about artists 2011

  • Even if you are not familiar with Barry Moser's name, you've likely seen his distinctive engravings while reading a classic novel or leafing through a children's book.

    3 books about artists 2011

  • At an airport recently I saw a man with an Amazon Kindle walking around a bookstore, leafing through $24.95 hardcover books before buying them for $11.95 online.

    Ten Rules of the Cheap Revolution Rich Karlgaard 2010

  • Ah, yes … springtime … trees are leafing, birds are singing, and b-cup is surmising …

    Think Progress » Maryland Foster Agency Won’t Allow Muslim Mother To Foster A Child 2010

  • Quiet as a congregation hushed before their leader, an orderly line snaked through the store all the way to the back, though few seemed to be leafing through books in the shelves on either side of them as they approached.

    Roger Catlin: How Glenn Beck Spent the Day of Rally to Restore Sanity Roger Catlin 2010

  • "Hmmm ..." he hmm'ed, leafing through his stacks of paperwork.

    Building in el Chante, Mun. of Jocotepec 2009

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