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leaf out

leaf out verb: of a plant, to open its buds.

Verb

leaf out (third-person singular simple present leafs out, present participle leafing out, simple past and past participle leafed out)

  1. (intransitive) Of a plant, to open its buds.

Forms of leaf out

third-person singular presentleafs out
present participleleafing out
past participleleafed out
pastleafed out

Questions about leaf out

What does leaf out mean?
Leaf out means of a plant, to open its buds.
What part of speech is leaf out?
Leaf out is a verb.
What is the past tense of leaf out?
The past tense of leaf out is leafed out.

Words near leaf out in the dictionary

  1. leaf mustard
  2. leaf node
  3. leaf nodes
  4. leaf notcher
  5. leaf notchers
  6. leaf out
  7. leaf peeper
  8. leaf peepers
  9. leaf peeping
  10. leaf protein
  11. leaf protein concentrate

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