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I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun sexually. I need to feel something for the woman and entertain the vain hope that it may lead to a relationship.
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Meaning of "leaves" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEAVES

leaves  [liːvz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEAVES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Leaves is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEAVES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

leaves

Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, and is the principal appendage of the vascular plant stem. The leaves and stem together form the shoot. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves collectively. Typically a leaf is a thin, dorsiventrally flattened organ, borne above ground and specialized for photosynthesis. Most leaves have distinctive upper and lower surfaces that differ in colour, hairiness, the number of stomata and other features. The palisade mesophyll almost always occurs on the upper side of the blade or lamina of the leaf but in some species, including the mature foliage of Eucalyptus palisade occurs on both sides and the leaves are said to be isobilateral. Many types of leaves are adapted in ways almost unrecognisable in those terms: some are not flat, some are not above ground, and some are without major photosynthetic function. Furthermore, several kinds of leaf-like structures found in vascular plants are not totally homologous with them. Examples include phyllodes, cladodes, and phylloclades that differ from leaves in their structure and origin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEAVES


beeves
biːvz
eaves
iːvz
greaves
ɡriːvz
Hargreaves
ˈhɑːɡriːvz
heaves
hiːvz
interleaves
ˈɪntəˌliːvz
kerchieves
ˈkɜːtʒiːvz
longleaves
ˈlɒŋliːvz
Maldives
ˈmɔːlˈdiːvz
parkleaves
ˈpɑːkˌliːvz
sheaves
ʃiːvz
thickleaves
ˈθɪkˌliːvz
thieves
θiːvz
underleaves
ˌʌndərˈliːvz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEAVES

leave of absence
leave off
leave out
leave someone alone
leave someone cold
leave someone in the lurch
leave someone or something in the dust
leave someone to himself
leave someone to his own devices
leave the field
leave well alone
leave-taking
leaved
leaven
leavened bread
leavening
leavenous
Leavenworth
leaver
leaving

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEAVES

airwaves
broadleaves
Chinese leaves
cloverleaves
continuous waves
de Broglie waves
fig leaves
flyleaves
Graves
haves
loaves
make waves
maple leaves
matter waves
quarterstaves
shinleaves
staves
tea leaves
the heaves
the waves

Synonyms and antonyms of leaves in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LEAVES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «leaves» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of leaves

Translation of «leaves» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEAVES

Find out the translation of leaves to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of leaves from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leaves» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

树叶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hojas
570 millions of speakers

English

leaves
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पत्ते
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أَوْرَاقٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

листва
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

folhas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাতার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

feuillage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Daun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blätter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잎들
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Godhong
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

những chiếc lá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இலைகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yapraklar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

foglie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

liście
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

листя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

frunze
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φύλλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

löv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blader
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leaves

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEAVES»

The term «leaves» is very widely used and occupies the 4.103 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEAVES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «leaves» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «leaves» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leaves

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10 QUOTES WITH «LEAVES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word leaves.
1
Ben Affleck
I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun sexually. I need to feel something for the woman and entertain the vain hope that it may lead to a relationship.
2
Art Alexakis
I wish I could come home to a life that looks like a TV show. I wish I could see my television family waiting for me, where no one fights and no one screams, no one lies and no one leaves.
3
Madchen Amick
I do love that witches haven't really been explored that much. Usually, witches are the little side character... a bad female character that comes in and leaves.
4
Timothy Garton Ash
I love this country, but the union jack leaves me cold.
5
Alan Ball
I'm aware of 'Twilight,' but I've never seen the movies or read any of the books. Frankly, the story leaves me cold - why do a vampire story about abstinence?
6
Jamie Bamber
It frustrates me that Britain can't make something like 'CSI' or 'The Sopranos'. Instead, British TV puts soap in primetime while every other civilized nation leaves it in daytime. Viewers should be more demanding.
7
Sherwood Boehlert
I don't see a groundswell of people willing to raise gas taxes right now. That leaves fuel economy standards as the only effective tool we have as a nation to make a dent in our dangerous and ever growing consumption of oil.
8
Robert Browning
All June I bound the rose in sheaves, Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves.
9
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.
10
Pablo Casals
We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEAVES»

Discover the use of leaves in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leaves and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves
A family relocates to a small house on Ash Tree Lane and discovers that the inside of their new home seems to be without boundaries
Mark Z. Danielewski, 2000
2
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to ...
In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss, gravely concerned about our current grammatical state, boldly defends proper punctuation.
Lynne Truss, 2004
3
Leaves
In its darkest moments, DOCTOR CERBERUS sails into the deep waters of theater's favorite sea of tragedy, dysfunctional-family drama, and you realize what a cunning trick the playwright has performed: slipping a heartrending tragedy into the ...
Lucy Caldwell, 2009
4
The Girl in the Leaves
THE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE MASS MURDERS EVER RECORDED.
Robert Scott, Sarah Maynard, Larry Maynard, 2012
5
Vinyl Leaves: Walt Disney World and America
it as well as for the world of late capitalism, where the commodity form has colonized much of human life.
Stephen M. Fjellman, 1992
6
House of Leaves
"While enthusiasts and detractors will continue to empty entire dictionaries attempting to describe or deride it, "authenticity" still remains the word most likely to stir..."
Mark Z. Danielewski, 2000
7
Extraordinary Leaves
Presents a collection of photographs of a variety of leaves along with information on their colors, patterns, textures, and shapes.
Dennis Schrader, Stephen Green-Armytage, 2008
8
Mangoes & Curry Leaves: Culinary Travels Through the Great ...
Highlighted by more than two hundred photographs and nearly two hundred authentic recipes, a celebration of the regional culinary traditions of the Asian subcontinent features dishes representing the finest cuisine of India, Pakistan, ...
‎2005
9
Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
The daughter of a wealthy Hong Kong businessman describes her very difficult childhood and the psychological abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepmother
Adeline Yen Mah, 1997
10
Leaves of the Banyan Tree
A three-generation saga of a family in Western Samoa as it adjusts to New Zealand colonialism with its stress on material progress. The book won the 1980 New Zealand Wattie Book of the Year Award.
Albert Wendt, 1979

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEAVES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leaves is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tortoise beetles enjoy veggie leaves, but cause little harm
The good news is the vegetable plants can handle the holes in the leaves that they make so you really don't need to do anything to manage ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
2
Ex-President George HW Bush Leaves Hospital After Fall - NBC News
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Former President George H.W. Bush has been released from a Maine hospital after falling at his summer home ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
3
Source: Crash in Cutchogue leaves several people dead | Newsday
Officials worked the scene on Route 48 and Depot Lane in Cutchogue, where a first responder said there were reports that a crash between a ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
4
Highway collapse in eastern California leaves one injured | World …
LOS ANGELES -- An elevated section of the Interstate 10 highway collapsed Sunday amid heavy rains in a remote desert area of California, ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
5
Jordy Mercer injured, leaves game against Brewers | Pittsburgh Post …
Jordy Mercer injured, leaves game against Brewers. July 19, 2015 3:00 PM. 20150710pdPirates06-3 Jordy Mercer. Peter Diana/Post-Gazette. Jordy Mercer ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
6
Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal hit in the jaw by foul ball, leaves
The Los Angeles Dodgers suffered a scare with All-Star catcher Yasmani Grandal in their 5-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Sunday. «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
7
Trimaran leaves TransPac to set new Pacific crossing record …
A 100-foot trimaran called Lending Club 2 was entered to race in this year's Transpacific Yacht Race, better known as the TransPac. However ... «Hawaii News Now, Jul 15»
8
Ashes 2015: Blowtorch on England top order after collapse leaves
England's Gary Balance leaves the pitch after being caught by Peter Nevill off the bowling of Australia's Mitchell Marsh on the fourth day of the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
9
Caitlyn Jenner leaves The Abbey in West Hollywood after night of …
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Caitlyn Jenner wears a plunging leather mini-dress as she leaves gay bar after partying until the early hours. By Iona ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
10
Yemen bombing by Shia rebels leaves scores dead | World news …
Yemen bombing by Shia rebels leaves scores dead. Officials say residents fleeing from homes north of Aden as rebels try to reclaim land taken ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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