Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of leaf.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun pl. of leaf.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of leaf.
  • noun Plural form of leave.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leave.

Etymologies

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See leaf.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

See leave.

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  • I was made to read Leaves of Grass in school. I know some people love that stuff, but I wasn't a fan at the time. See Free Associations list.

    February 12, 2008

  • "Leaves are silences

    around flowers which are their words."

    --R. Tagore, Fireflies

    July 21, 2008

  • People love grass? Jenn ...

    October 21, 2008