Leaf
Plural form of: leaves- 1.
- (FIGURATIVE) សន្លឹក (បន្ទះស្ដើង) សន្លឹកក្រដាស
- 2.
- (tree) leaf ស្លឹកឈើ
- 3.
- Leaf (of a book) សន្លឹក
- 4.
- (table) leaf បន្ទះថែម (ដូចជាក្ដារដាក់ ពង្រីកតុអោយធំឡើង)
noun — Plural: Leaves
- 1.
- (a flat organ (usually green) growing from the stem or branch of a plant or directly from the root, leaves collectively, a sheet of paper) ត្របកផ្កា (ត្របកនុមួយៗ)
adjective
- 1.
- ដែលមានស្លឹក
verb — past tense: leafed ; past participle: leafed ; present participle: leafing ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to turn the pages of a book etc., to put forth leaves. -turn over a new leaf to begin anew; make a fresh start) បើកមួយសន្លឹកម្ដងៗ (សៀវភៅ ។ល។)
Example: leafy of a tree, Tobacco leaf, A leaf out of a book, Turn over a new leaf, Gold leaf, Leaf eating, etc
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Leaves
- 1.
- A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.
- 2.
- A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.
- 3.
- Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
verb — past tense: leafed ; past participle: leafed ; present participle: leafing ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.