# leafing

Pronunciation: say "LEE-fing" /ˈlifɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of leaf. — present participle and gerund of leaf
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of leaf. Use this form for an action happening now or when naming the activity itself.
   - _The lawyer spent the morning leafing through stacks of case files._
   - _Leafing through the seed catalog, she circled three varieties of tomato._

## Noun

2. The act of turning through the pages of something, typically to skim or browse its contents.
   - Simple: The act of turning the pages of a book to look through it quickly.
   - _His idle leafing through the brochure stopped at a photo of the mountain lake._
   - _A few minutes of leafing through the report told her nothing she didn't already know._
3. The appearance of new leaves on plants as they emerge and unfold.
   - Simple: The way new leaves appear and open on a plant.
   - _The early leafing of the oaks signaled an unusually warm spring._
   - _A long drought delayed the leafing of the orchard by several weeks._

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