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My grandmother was this amazing woman in the Dominican Republic who used to read tea leaves and palms. She would cure people in her neighborhood by going into her garden, plucking a couple of leaves, and brewing teas.
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Meaning of "tea leaves" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TEA LEAVES

tea leaves  [tiː liːvz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TEA LEAVES

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Tea 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 TEA LEAVES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tea leaves

Tea

Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. It has a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour that many people enjoy. Tea originated in China as a medicinal drink. It was first introduced to Portuguese priests and merchants in China during the 16th century. Drinking tea became popular in Britain during the 17th century. The British introduced it to India, in order to compete with the Chinese monopoly on the product. Tea has long been promoted for having a variety of positive health benefits. Recent studies suggest that green tea may help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and some forms of cancer, promote oral health, reduce blood pressure, help with weight control, improve antibacterial and antivirasic activity, provide protection from solar ultraviolet light, and increase bone mineral density. Green tea is also said to have "anti-fibrotic properties, and neuroprotective power.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TEA LEAVES


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TEA LEAVES

tea chest
tea cloth
tea cosy
tea dance
tea egg
tea garden
tea gown
tea infuser
tea lady
tea leaf
tea light
tea party
tea plate
tea room
tea rose
tea service
tea set
tea strainer
tea table
tea towel

WORDS THAT END LIKE TEA LEAVES

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

Synonyms and antonyms of tea leaves in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tea leaves» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TEA LEAVES

Find out the translation of tea leaves to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tea 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 «tea leaves» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

茶叶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hojas de té
570 millions of speakers

English

tea leaves
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चाय की पत्तियां
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أوراق الشاي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чайные листья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

folhas de chá
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চা পাতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

les feuilles de thé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Daun teh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Teeblätter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

茶の葉
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

차 잎
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Godhong teh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lá chè
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேயிலை இலைகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चहाची पाने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çay yaprakları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

foglie di tè
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

liście herbaty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чайне листя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

frunze de ceai
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φύλλα τσαγιού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tee blare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

teblad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

teblader
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tea leaves

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TEA LEAVES»

The term «tea leaves» is regularly used and occupies the 55.690 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TEA LEAVES» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «TEA LEAVES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tea leaves.
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Selenis Leyva
My grandmother was this amazing woman in the Dominican Republic who used to read tea leaves and palms. She would cure people in her neighborhood by going into her garden, plucking a couple of leaves, and brewing teas.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TEA LEAVES»

Discover the use of tea leaves in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tea leaves and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tea Leaves
Nine-year-old Shanti, who lives in the mountains of Sri Lanka, has her wish come true when her Uncle Nochi takes her to see the Indian Ocean.
Frederick Lipp, 2003
2
Reading tea-leaves
Details the principals of reading tea leaves, defines the different patterns and their meanings, and tells the history and philosophy of telling the future through tea leaves
Highland seer, James Pratt, 1995
3
Tempest in the Tea Leaves
Using various fortune telling tools to interpret her visions, Sunny seeks to aid the residents of Divinity, New York.
Kari Lee Townsend, 2011
4
Telling Fortunes by Tea Leaves
At no time in the history of the world has there been such earnest searching for light and knowledge in all matters relating to Psychic Phenomena as in the present day.
Cicely Kent, 2009
5
Tea Leaves
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS.
Francis Leggett, 2013
6
The Fortune-Telling Book: Reading Crystal Balls, Tea Leaves, ...
From the author of The Good Spell Book, this is a primer for amateur fortune-tellers and includes short divinations (how to reveal your future love life, career and whatnot) using different fortune-telling methods, including Tarot cards, ...
Gillian Kemp, 2001
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Tea-Cup Reading and the Art of Fortune Telling by Tea-Leaves
How to tell fortunes by tea leaves. with 10 illustrations.
Health Research, 1968
8
Tea Leaves
A collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party).
Francis Drake, 2012
9
Tea leaves, herbs, and flowers: fortune-telling the Gypsy way!
Explains how to tell fortunes and reveal the future in tea leaves and describes ancient secret forms of Romany communication.
Gillian Kemp, Mary Kuper, 1998
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Tea Leaves
It takes but a few moments to steep God's Word and a few spiced comments in the quiet meditations of the heart. This book is not intended to be gulped in one sitting, but to be sipped a cupful at a time. Busy? Pressured? Tired and thirsty?
‎1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TEA LEAVES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tea leaves is used in the context of the following news items.
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Me-Tea-Morphosis: Tea Bags Get Second Life As Works Of Art
Though tea strainers often come in brightly colored, sweet packaging with punny ... Russian advertising designer Andrew Gorkovenko has used dried tea leaves ... «NPR, Jul 15»
2
In The Japanese Tea Ceremony, Politics Are Served With Every Cup
In the U.S., Tea Party politics refers to a certain strain of Republican conservatism .... Reading the tea leaves into the future of this traditional ceremony, she says: ... «NPR, Jun 15»
3
Upgrade your iced tea with these 6 tips
We asked Steve Schwartz, master tea blender for the Los Angeles-based tea ... Pour cold water over tea leaves in a sealable container, steep overnight, strain to ... «Today.com, Jun 15»
4
Tea Tuesdays: Matcha-maker, Matcha-maker, Make Me Some Tea
Or now that warm weather is here, maybe you'll order a Matcha Green Tea Blast ... Zen Buddhists in China had developed a method of grinding tea leaves, then ... «NPR, May 15»
5
Tea Tuesdays: The Evolution Of Tea Sets From Ancient Legend To …
People have been drinking tea for so long that its origin story is rooted in mythology: More ... The first tea leaves weren't drunk in loose form; instead, they were ... «NPR, Apr 15»
6
In America, matcha goes mainstream
LOS ANGELES — More than a thousand years ago, Buddhist monks in Japan began a daily ritual of grinding green tea leaves into powder, mixing it into hot ... «Press Herald, Apr 15»
7
Tang is Bacardi's newest drink, and it's distilled from green tea leaves
Rum maker Bacardi says it has figured out a way to make an alcoholic beverage distilled entirely from green tea leaves, a concoction it blends with water. «Fortune, Mar 15»
8
Image of Asia: Picking tea leaves in Nepal's hills
16, 2014 photo, Nepalese women pick tea at a tea garden of Kanyam in Illam ... In this photo by Niranjan Shrestha, women pick tea leaves at the Kanyam tea ... «Salon, Nov 14»
9
Tea might become your favorite hot beverage, if you ditch the little …
True Camellia sinensis, or tea leaves processed differently to create black, oolong, white ... Hands-on prowess with loose-leaf tea has become rare — akin to the ... «Washington Post, Oct 14»
10
Restaurant's Toxic Tea Leaves Woman in Critical Condition
A woman is in critical condition after taking a simple sip of toxic iced tea at a Utah restaurant. Jan Harding, 67, was eating at a Dickey's Barbecue Pit with her ... «ABC News, Aug 14»

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