Phrase Hound found 110 phrases and 34 compound words that contain leaves. The most common are listed below. Open leaves in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 110
- tea leavesplural of tea leaf: A dried fragment of a leaf of the tea plant used in making the drink tea.
- Green Leaves
- leaves of absenceplural of leave of absence: A period of time during which a person is absent from work or other duty for a reason other than normal holidays or a vacation, which may be paid or unpaid.
- bay leavesplural of bay leaf: A herb derived from any of certain shrubs of the family Lauraceae and Myrtaceae, especially the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis).
- up and leavesthird-person singular simple present indicative of up and leave: To leave abruptly.
- leaves the chatthird-person singular simple present indicative of leave the chat: To abruptly disappear or become irrelevant.
- leaves a markthird-person singular simple present indicative of leave a mark: To make, or leave, a lasting impression, especially to achieve prominent success.
- leaves the nestthird-person singular simple present indicative of leave the nest: To leave home; to stop living with one's parents.
- leaves outthird-person singular simple present indicative of leave out: To omit, to not include, to neglect to mention.
- leaves behindthird-person singular simple present indicative of leave behind: To abandon.
- Chinese leavesChinese cabbage.
- dead leavesplural of dead leaf: An Asian nymphalid butterfly of species Kallima inachus.
- new leavesplural of new leaf: An unmarked or empty state, offering a limitless potential for creation, development or interpretation.
- red leavesplural of red leaf: Any type of leaf that displays red pigmentation, often caused by anthocyanin pigments.
- scale leavesplural of scale leaf: A small flat leaf resembling a scale, such as on many conifers.
- simple leavesplural of simple leaf: A leaf that has an undivided blade, therefore having no leaflets.
- true leavesplural of true leaf: Any leaves of a seed plant other than the cotyledons.
- oak leavesplural of oak leaf: The leaf of the oak.
- fig leavesplural of fig leaf: A leaf of the fig plant.
- seed leavesplural of seed leaf: One of the first leaves a seed plant's embryo develops.
- falling leavesplural of falling leaf: An aerobatic maneuver, a controlled stall that begins to induce a spin which is then countered with the rudder.
- leaves to chancethird-person singular simple present indicative of leave to chance: Not to take care of something; not to plan for something.
- maple leavesplural of maple leaf
- autumn leavesplural of autumn leaf: An Asian nymphalid butterfly, Doleschallia bisaltide.
- leaves no tracethird-person singular simple present indicative of leave no trace: To follow certain outdoor ethical guidelines while camping, etc., so thoroughly that it would appear as though one had never previously been there, for the sake of nature …
Compound words 34
- parkleavesSynonym of tutsan: Hypericum androsaemum, a Eurasian perennial shrub.
- figleavesplural of figleaf: A leaf of the fig plant.
- interleavesthird-person singular simple present indicative of interleave: To insert (pages, which are normally blank) between the pages of a book.
- broadleavesplural of broadleaf: Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
- airleavesplural of airleave: An easement consisting of the right granted to a miner to ventilate onto a property.
- bloodleavesplural of bloodleaf: A plant of the genus Iresine that has colored leaves.
- cloverleavesplural of cloverleaf: In the form of the leaf of a clover plant; cloverleafed.
- copperleavesplural of copperleaf: Acalypha wilkesiana, a shrub with shiny bronze-green leaves and small green flowers.
- dockleavesplural of dockleaf: The leaf of the dock plant, traditionally rubbed against the skin as a remedy for the sting of nettles.
- doorleavesplural of doorleaf: An individual door panel, particularly in the context of double or sliding doors.