leafed
/liːft/
leafed is the simple past and past participle of leaf.
Meaning of leaf
Verb
leaf (third-person singular simple present leafs, present participle leafing, simple past and past participle leafed)
- To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
- Then flowered the mead, then leafed all
'Twas caused by the runic lay.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 164
- Then flowered the mead, then leafed all
- To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
- The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.
- To play a prank on someone by throwing a large clump or collection of leaves at them.
Adjective
leafed (not comparable)
Synonyms of leafed
Origin of leafed
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
From leaf + -ed (having).
Words formed from leafed
- blue-leafed wattle
- fig-leafed
- ivy-leafed cyclamen
- unleafed
- wavy-leafed soap plant
- willow-leafed magnolia
- willow-leafed pear
Phrases with leafed
Words that rhyme with leafed
Questions about leafed
- What does leafed mean?
- Leafed means having a leaf or leaves (of the specified kind).
- What is leafed the simple past and past participle of?
- Leafed is the simple past and past participle of leaf.
- What part of speech is leafed?
- Leafed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce leafed?
- Leafed is pronounced /liːft/.
Words near leafed in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: leafed (page history and authors); leaf (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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