{
    "term": "leaf",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/tr/tree.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a flat green part of a plant, growing from a stem or branch or from the root",
            "sensetop": "in leaf",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "lettuce/cabbage/oak leaves"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the dead leaves of autumn/the fall"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The leaves on the trees were beginning to turn from green to orange."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Few trees are in leaf yet.",
                    "contextForm": "in leaf"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The trees are just **coming into leaf**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Deciduous trees shed their leaves in autumn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The leaves of this plant are from 1 to 1½ inches in length."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He picked a leaf from the basil plant and started to chew it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the spring the plant began to put out new leaves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was spring and the trees were coming into leaf."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Spring arrived and the first green leaves began to appear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The boys helped by raking the leaves in the yard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The corn was already ripening and the trees were in full leaf."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ground was thick with dead leaves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The leaves rustled in the light breeze."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The summer was over and the leaves were beginning to turn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This plant has beautifully variegated leaves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "dry leaves blowing in the wind"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the leaf litter on the forest floor"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Plants and trees"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["new", "young", "autumn"],
                "verb + leaf": ["have", "come into", "grow"],
                "leaf + verb": ["appear", "emerge", "grow"],
                "leaf + noun": ["litter", "mould/​mold"],
                "phrases": ["in full leaf"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "having leaves of the type or number mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a four-leaf clover"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a broad-leaved plant"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a sheet of paper, especially a page in a book",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She carefully turned the leaves of the precious volume."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "metal, especially gold or silver, in the form of very thin sheets",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "gold leaf"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a part of a table that can be lifted up, or an extra section that can be added into the table, in order to make the table bigger",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to copy somebody’s behaviour and do things in the same way that they do, because they are successful",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to change your way of life to become a better, more responsible person",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/liːf/",
                "audio": "le/leaf/leaf__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/liːvz/",
                "audio": "le/leaf/leaves__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/liːf/",
                "audio": "le/leaf/leaf__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/liːvz/",
                "audio": "le/leaf/leaves__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English lēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch loof and German Laub."
}