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The correct spelling is leaves.
How to pronounce leaves
/liːvz/
nounIPA: /liːvz/
Say it like: Lee-ves
The correct spelling is leaves. The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. For example: "gold leaf"
Usage Examples
“gold leaf”
“The train car has one single-leaf and two double-leaf doors per side.”
“I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
- 2.Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
- 3.A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
- 4.A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
- 5.(in the plural) Tea leaves.
verb
- 1.To have a consequence or remnant.
- 2.To depart; to separate from.
- 3.To transfer something.
- 4.To remain (behind); to stay.
- 5.To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
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