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leaf
English
Etymology
From Middle English leef, from Old English l?af, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laub? (“leaf”) (compare West Frisian leaf, Low German Loov, Dutch loof, German Laub, Danish løv, Swedish löv, Norwegian Nynorsk lauv), from Proto-Indo-European *lowb?-o-m, from *lewb?- (“leaf, rind”) (compare Irish luibh (“herb”), Latin liber (“bast; book”), Lithuanian lúoba (“bark”), Albanian labë (“rind”), Latvian luba (“plank, board”), Russian ??? (lub, “bast”)).
Pronunciation
- enPR: l?f, IPA(key): /li?f/
- Rhymes: -i?f
- Homophones: Leith (with th-fronting), lief
Noun
leaf (countable and uncountable, plural leaves)
- The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
- Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
- A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
- A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
- Synonyms: folio, folium
- (advertising, dated) Two pages.
- 1900, Profitable Advertising (volume 10, issue 2, page 893)
- Heretofore advertisers have had to buy and pay for a leaf — two pages.
- 1900, Profitable Advertising (volume 10, issue 2, page 893)
- (in the plural) Tea leaves.
- A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
- A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
- Hyponym: doorleaf
- Meronym: stile
- (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
- (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
- 2011, John Mongan, Noah Kindler, Eric Giguère, Programming Interviews Exposed
- The algorithm pops the stack to obtain a new current node when there are no more children (when it reaches a leaf).
- 2011, John Mongan, Noah Kindler, Eric Giguère, Programming Interviews Exposed
- The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
- One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- (Internet slang, derogatory) A Canadian person.
Synonyms
- phyllon
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
leaf (third-person singular simple present leafs, present participle leafing, simple past and past participle leafed)
- (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
- (transitive) To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
- The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.
Synonyms
- leave (verb)
Derived terms
- leafing
- leaf through
Translations
See also
- foliage
- frond
- needle
Further reading
- leaf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- leaf (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- leaf in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- leaf at OneLook Dictionary Search
References
Anagrams
- Lafe, alef, feal, flea
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læ???f/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *laub?. Cognate with West Frisian leaf, Old Saxon l?f, Old High German loup, Old Norse lauf, Gothic ???????????????????? (laufs).
Noun
l?af n
- leaf
- page
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: leef, lefe, leve, lewe
- English: leaf
- Scots: leaf, lefe, leif
- Yola: laafe
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *laub?. Cognate with Old High German *louba (German Laube).
Noun
l?af f
- permission
Declension
Descendants
- English: leave
Scots
Etymology
From Old English l?af.
Noun
leaf (plural leafs)
- leaf
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l???f/
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian l?f
Noun
leaf n (plural leaven, diminutive leafke)
- leaf, especially a long leaf, like a blade of grass
Further reading
- “leaf (IV)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
From Old Frisian li?f
Adjective
leaf
- friendly, kind, cordial
Inflection
Derived terms
- leafde
- leavehearsbistke
Further reading
- “leaf (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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tier
English
Etymology 1
tie +? -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: t?'?(r), IPA(key): /?ta?.?(?)/
- (US) enPR: t?'?r, IPA(key): /?ta?.?/
- Hyphenation: tier
- Homophones: tire, tyre
Noun
tier (plural tiers)
- One who ties (knots, etc).
- Something that ties.
- (archaic) A child's apron.
Etymology 2
From Middle French tier, from Old French tire (“rank, sequence, order, kind”), probably from tirer (“to draw, draw out”). Alternatively, from a Germanic source related to Middle English tir (“honour, glory, power, rule”), Old English t?r (“glory, honour, fame”), German Zier (“adornment, ornament, decoration”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tî, IPA(key): /?t??/
- (US) enPR: tîr, IPA(key): /?t??/
- Hyphenation: tier
- Homophones: tear (as in droplet from one's eye)
Noun
tier (plural tiers)
- A layer or rank, especially of seats or a wedding cake.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
tier (third-person singular simple present tiers, present participle tiering, simple past and past participle tiered)
- (transitive) To arrange in layers.
- (transitive) To cascade in an overlapping sequence.
- (transitive, computing) To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed.
References
- Tier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- REIT, Teri, iter, iter., reit, rite, tire, trie
Afrikaans
Etymology
From a dialectal form or pronunciation of Dutch tijger, from Middle Dutch tiger.
Noun
tier (plural tiere or tiers)
- tiger
- leopard
- Synonyms: bergtier, luiperd
Danish
Etymology 1
From ti (“ten”) +? er
Alternative forms
- 10'er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ti???r/, [?t?i??]
Noun
tier c (singular definite tieren, plural indefinite tiere)
- ten (the card between the nine and jack in a given suit)
- ten (a monetary denomination worth ten units)
- number ten (a person or a thing defined by the number ten, e.g. a bus-line)
- (in the plural) tens (the second decade of a century, like the 1910s or 2010s)
Inflection
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ti??r/, [?t?i??]
- Homophone: tiger
Verb
tier
- present tense of tie
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ir
Verb
tier
- first-person singular present indicative of tieren
- imperative of tieren
Anagrams
- riet
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
tier m (definite singular tieren, indefinite plural tiere, definite plural tierne)
- a ten kroner coin, worth about £1 in Britain.
- something or someone that has the number ten (ti)
Verb
tier
- present of tie
References
- “tier” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Romansch
Etymology
Borrowed from German Tier.
Noun
tier m (plural tiers)
- (Sursilvan) animal
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) animal
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) biestg
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) bestga
- (Sursilvan) bestia
- (Puter, Vallader) bes-cha
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