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leaf | list |

As nouns the difference between leaf and list

is that leaf is the usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants while list is cunning; craft.

As a verb leaf

is to produce leaves; put forth foliage.

leaf

English

Noun

(leaves)
  • The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner
  • , title= An Acoustic Arms Race , volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
  • Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
  • A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
  • A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
  • (in the plural) Tea leaves.
  • A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
  • A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
  • (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
  • (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
  • * 2011 , John Mongan, ?Noah Kindler, ?Eric Giguère, Programming Interviews Exposed
  • The algorithm pops the stack to obtain a new current node when there are no more children (when it reaches a leaf ).
  • The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
  • One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
  • Derived terms

    * ) * almond tree leaf skeletoniser moth, ) * aluminium leaf, aluminum leaf * angle leaf * * ash-leaf * auxiliary leaf * avocado leaf * banana leaf * baroclinic leaf * bay leaf, bay-leaf * beleaf * belladona leaf * betel leaf * bible leaf () * big-leaf * bigleaf * bitter leaf, bitter-leaf, bitterleaf * ) * bloodleaf ( spp. ) * * branch-leaf * brass leaf * broad-leaf, broadleaf * bronze leaf * bumleaf * ) * cedar leaf oil * Chinese leaf * clover-leaf, cloverleaf * cold leaf * come into leaf * compound leaf * copper-leaf, copperleaf * cord-leaf * crinkle leaf * ) * curl-leaf * curry leaf, curry-leaf, curry-leaf tree * cutleaf ** ) ** ) * ) * ) * digitalis leaf * dining leaf * disleaf, disleave * double leaf, double-leaf * * drop-leaf table * Dutch leaf * ) * end leaf, end-leaf, endleaf * facsimile leaf * fall of the leaf * fanleaf * fig-leaf * fine leaf jam * five-leaf, * * five-leafed * flannel-leaf * * floral leaf * flyleaf * Florence leaf * fly-leaf * foliage leaf * foliation leaf * four-leaf * * ) * global Nagano leaf * ) * gold leaf * * * , grey-leaf pine * green leaf lettuce * (Hibiscus laevis ) * ) * heart-leaf * hollow leaf * ) * in full leaf * in leaf * interleaf * interleave * in the leaf * ivy-leaf * ) * Japanese leaf * jellyleaf * lace-leaf, laceleaf, lace-leaf plant * ) * lantern leaves * largeleaf * latticeleaf, lattice leaf plant * laurel-leaf blade, laurel-leaf point * leafage * leaf alcohol * leaf aldehyde * leaf aphid * leaf area duration * leaf-area index * leaf-arrowhead * leaf axil * leaf-base * leaf-bearing * leaf-beaten * leaf-bed * leaf beet * leaf beetle, leaf-beetle (Chrysomelidae) * leafbird (Chloropsis ) * leaf-birth * leaf blade * leaf blight * leaf blister * leaf blotch * leaf blower, leaf-blower * leaf-book * leaf-brass * leaf bridge, leaf-bridge * leaf brown * leaf bud, leaf-bud, leafbud * ) * leaf-bundle * ) * leaf cactus () * leaf-canopy * leaf cast * leafcasting * (Rutelinae) * leaf class * leaf-climber * leaf-climbing * ) * leaf crumpler, leaf-crumpler * leafcup () * leaf curl, leaf-curl * * leaf-cushion * leaf-cut * leaf cutter, leaf-cutter * leaf-cutting * leaf-cycle * ) * leaf disease * leaf-disk test * leafdom * leaf door * leaf-drift * leaf-eared * leafed * leafen * leafen gold * leafery * leafet * leaf-fall * leaf fat, leaf-fat * leaf-feeder * * leaffish ( ) * , leaf-flea * leafflower * leaf-folder * , leaf-footed bug * leaf-footed * leaf form * leaf frog, leaf-frog (Hylidae) * leaf gap, leaf-gap * leaf-gate * leaf gelatine * leaf-gilding * leaf-gold * leaf green, leaf-green * leaf hopper, leaf-hopper, leafhopper (Cicadellidae) * leaf-house * leaf-hut * leaf index * leafing * leaf initial * leaf insect, leaf-insect (Phylliidae) * leafit * * leaf lard, leaf-lard * leafless * leaflet * leaf lettuce * * leaf-like, leaflike * leaf litter * , leaf-louse * leaf-mass * leafmeal * leaf metal, leaf-metal * leaf miner, leaf-miner (Lepidoptera, Symphyta, Diptera) * * leaf mold, leaf-mold, leaf mould, leaf-mould * , leaf-monkey (Colobinae) * leaf-mosaic * ) * leaf mustard * ) * leaf-netting * leaf node * leaf-nosed * leaf notcher * leaf of heddles * leaf-opposed * * leaf peeper, leaf-peeper * leaf peeping, leaf-peeping * leaf-plant * leaf-plate, leaf-platter * leaf primordium * leaf protein * leaf-red * leaf roll, leaf-roll * leaf roller, leaf-roller * leaf-rolling * leaf-rosette * leaf rust, leaf-rust * leaf scald * leaf-scale * leaf scar, leaf-scar * leaf scorch * leaf sewer * leaf shape * leaf-shaped * leaf sheath, leaf-sheath * leaf-shedding * leaf shelter * leaf shutter * leaf-sickness * leaf sight, leaf-sight * leaf-silver * leaf site * leaf-skin * leaf smut * leaf soil, leaf-soil * leaf-spine * leaf spot, leaf-spot * leaf spring, leaf-spring * leaf stalk, leaf-stalk, leafstalk * leaf-table * leaf-tailed * leaf tea * leaf-teeth * leaf-tendril * leaf-thorn * leaf tier * leaf-tin * leaf tobacco * * leaf topology * leaf trace, leaf-trace * leaf-turner * leaf turtle * leaf tyer * leaf valve * leaf-valve * leaf vegetable * leaf warbler, leaf-warbler * ) * leaf-work * leaf-worm * leafy * leather leaf, leatherleaf * leave * leaved * leaveless * leavish * leavy * * lion's leaf * little leaf, littleleaf disease * * * * liver-leaf, liverleaf * local Nagano leaf * long-leafed pine, long-leaf pine, longleaf pine, long-leaved pine (Pinus palustris ) * loose-leaf * lotus leaf wrap * * * Malabar leaf * * maple leaf, maple-leaf * maximum leaf spanning tree * metal leaf * , Mexican flameleaf * mid-leaf * multileaf collimator * myriad-leaf * * * * needle-leaf tree * * , nettle-leaved goosefoot * northern corn-leaf blight, northern leaf blight * nose leaf, nose-leaf * Novikov closed leaf theorem * oak leaf, oakleaf * * one-leaf * orange-leaf * orbiculate leaf * oriental leaf * overleaf * painted leaf * * paint leaf * palladium leaf * palm-leaf * patch-leaf * peach leaf curl * peachleaf willow * * * , pear leaf midge * * platinum leaf * * , potato leafroll virus * preliminary leaf * primary leaf * * quarto leaf * raffle leaf * ragleaf * red leaf * red leaf lettuce * * red raspberry leaf * root leaf, root-leaf * rose-leaf * rough leaf * * * * * satin leaf, * saw-leaf herb * scale leaf * seed leaf, seed-leaf * seminal leaf * shake like a leaf * shin leaf, shin-leaf, shinleaf * short-leaf pine, shortleaf pine, shortleaf yellow pine () * silver leaf, silver-leaf * * silver leaf tree * * single-leaf, single-leaf pine, single-leaf pinyon * skeleton leaf * sleek-leaf * * spade leaf * specific leaf area * * * * * * * stem-and-leaf plot * stem leaf * stiff-leaf * strawberry leaf * strip-leaf * * Sumatra leaf * sweet leaf, sweetleaf * symplectic leaf * take a leaf out of someone's book * * tea leaf, tea-leaf, tealeaf * tendu leaf * * three-leaf * * title leaf * tooling leaf * * true leaf * trumpet-leaf * turn down a leaf * turn over a new leaf * turn over the next leaf * turn the leaf * twill of four leaves * twill of three leaves * twinleaf, twin-leaf * * two-leaf * umbrella leaf * underleaf * unit leaf rate * unleaf, unleave * velvet-leaf, velvetleaf * venous leaf * vine-leaf * walking leaf, walking-leaf (Phylliidae) * water leaf, water-leaf * waterleaf * * way of the leaf * * willow-leaf point * windowleaf *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
  • Synonyms

    * leave (verb)

    Derived terms

    * leafing * leaf through

    See also

    * foliage * frond * needle * (projectlink) *

    References

    * *

    list

    English

    (wikipedia list)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), mostly from (etyl) gave rise to the sense of "catalogue of names" by circa 1600; it was influenced by (etyl) liste'' or (etyl) ''lista (both meaning "border, band; strip of paper"), which are themselves from the Germanic word.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
  • * Shakespeare:
  • gartered with a red and blue list
  • Material used for cloth selvage.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1893, author=(Arthur Conan Doyle), title=The Naval Treaty, page=681, publisher=Norton 2005,
  • passage=The charwomen are in the habit of taking off their boots at the commissionaire's office, and putting on list slippers.}}
  • (in the plural) The palisades or barriers used to fence off a space for tilting or jousting tournaments.
  • * 1663 , (Hudibras) , by (Samuel Butler), part 1, :
  • With truncheon tipp'd with iron head, / The warrior to the lists he led.
  • * (Alexander Pope)
  • In measured lists to toss the weighty lance.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1819, author=(Walter Scott), title=(Ivanhoe),
  • passage=William de Wyvil, and Stephen de Martival, [...] armed at all points, rode up and down the lists to enforce and preserve good order among the spectators.}}
  • A register or roll of paper consisting of an enumeration or compilation of a set of possible items; the enumeration or compilation itself.
  • * Francis Bacon:
  • He was the ablest emperor of all the list .
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= A punch in the gut , passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial.
  • (computing, programming) A codified representation of a list, used to store data or in processing; especially, in the LISP programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.
  • (obsolete) A limit or boundary; a border.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The very list , the very utmost bound, / Of all our fortunes.
  • (obsolete) A stripe.
  • (Sir Thomas Browne)
  • (architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
  • (carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
  • (ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
  • (tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin.
  • (tin-plate manufacture) A wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
  • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * association list * blacklist * bucket list * bullet list * checklist * clout list * definition list * grocery list * hit list * laundry list * listicle * list price * mailing list * material list * punch list * set list * short list * stop list * to-do list * waiting list * whitelist * wine list * wish list

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To create or recite a list.
  • To place in listings.
  • (obsolete) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
  • (obsolete) To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
  • * Walter Scott, The Waverly Novels :
  • "I will list you for my soldier, then," said the Countess.
  • To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
  • To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or form a border.
  • To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
  • to list a door
  • * Alfred Tennyson:
  • The tree that stood white-listed through the gloom.
  • (carpentry) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
  • to list a board
    Derived terms
    * delist * interlist

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) liste, from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l), (l).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic) Art; craft; cunning; skill.
  • * 1877 , James Clarke & Co, The literary world :
  • In discussing the Syllabus and the last dogma of 1870, so much must be allowed for Italian list and cunning, or a word-fence. An Englishman, with his matter-of-fact way of putting things, is no match for these gentry.
  • * 1893 , Solomon Caesar, Original notes on the Book of Proverbs :
  • "[...] The foxes had heard that the fowls were sick, and went to see them decked in peacock's feathers; said of men who speak friendly, but only with list or cunning within."
  • * 1897 , Lilian Winser, Lays and legends of the Weald of Kent :
  • For when the guileful monster smiled Snakes left their holes and hissed, — And stroking soft his silken beard Raised creatures full of list .
  • * 1991 , Alexander L. Ringer, The Early romantic era :
  • The general bass, in its fixed lines, is taken by surprise and overwhelmed by List ... (List = cunning); [...].
  • * 1992 , University of Reading. Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, Reading medieval studies :
  • The latter wins his fight not by list but through straightforward knightly prowess, [...]
  • * 2000 , Cordula Scholz, Georgios Makris, Peter Schreiner, Polypleuros nous :
  • It is worth noting that, contrary to Alexios who according to his daughter did not scruple to use any tricks to achieve his goal, Manuel, as depicted by Kinnamos, preferred "to win by war rather than by list ."
  • * 2008 , Jon B. Sherman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The magician in medieval German literature :
  • One man can accomplish with list (magic), that which a thousand could not accomplish, regardless of how strong they were.

    Etymology 3

    From (listen).

    Verb

  • (poetic) To listen.
  • * 1607 , iv 3 :
  • Peace, what noise? / List', ' list ! / Hark! / Music i' the air.
  • (poetic) To listen to.
  • * Shakespeare:
  • Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain, / If with too credent ear you list his songs.

    Etymology 4

    Possibly from tilting on lists in jousts.[http://www.drbilllong.com/CurrentEventsV/ListWII.html]

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A tilting or careening to one side, usually not intentionally / not under a ship's own power.
  • (architecture) A tilt to a building.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To tilt to one side.
  • the ship listed to port
  • (nautical) To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
  • the steady wind listed the ship

    Etymology 5

    (etyl) lystan, from (etyl) ).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To be pleasing to.
  • (archaic) To wish, like, desire (to do something).
  • * 1610 , , act 3 scene 2
  • If thou beest a man, show thyself in thy / likeness: if thou beest a devil, take't as thou list .
  • * 1843 , '', book 3, ch. VIII, ''Unworking Aristocracy
  • Ye are as gods, that can create soil. Soil-creating gods there is no withstanding. They have the might to sell wheat at what price they list ; and the right, to all lengths, and famine-lengths, — if they be pitiless infernal gods!
  • * 1959 , , "What is Political Philosophy?", in What is Political Philosophy? , page 51:
  • License consists in doing what one lists ; liberty consists in doing in the right manner the good only;
  • * 2007 , John Burrow, A History of Histories , Penguin 2009, page 413:
  • The spirit seemed to blow where it listed among a historically motley collection of Catholic theologians, Puritan zealots and American squires.
    Derived terms
    * listless

    Noun

  • (obsolete) Inclination; desire.
  • Anagrams

    * * *

    References

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