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Related topics:1 one of the flat green parts of a plant that are joined to its stem or branches : 
a flowering bush with large shiny leaves
plant
[countable]HBP
a flowering bush with large shiny leaves be in leaf/come into leaf (=have or start growing leaves, at a particular time of year) The forest was just coming into leaf.
The forest was just coming into leaf.2 to copy the way someone else behaves because you want to be like them or be as successful as they are : They are committing $3m to research. We could take a leaf out of their book.
take a leaf out of somebody's book
They are committing $3m to research. We could take a leaf out of their book.3 to change the way you behave and become a better person : I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf.
turn over a new leaf
I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf.4 a page of a book : He slipped the letter between the leaves of his notebook. ➔ loose-leaf, overleaf
page
[countable] formalTCNHe slipped the letter between the leaves of his notebook.5 a part of the top of a table that can be taken out to make the table smaller
part of table
[countable]DCJ➔ shake like a leaf
at shake1 (2)WORD FOCUS: treeWORD FOCUS: tree parts of a tree: trunk, branch, leaf, blossom, roots, bark, twig
a large area of trees: forest, rainforest, jungle
a small area of trees: wood/woods, thicket British English, copse British English
types of tree: evergreen, deciduous, conifer, fruit tree, hardwood tree
wood from trees: timber, lumber, firewoodtree
➔ See also tree
