1. subst. The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
2. subst. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
3. subst. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
gold leaf
4. subst. A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
5. subst. (in the plural) Tea leaves.
6. subst. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
7. subst. A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
The train car has one single-leaf and two double-leaf doors per side.
8. subst. (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
9. subst. (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
10. subst. The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
11. subst. One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
12. v. (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
13. v. To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.
sheet
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] großes dünnes Tuch zum Bedecken einer Matraze oder eines Menschen im Bett; Laken
3. [2] rechteckiges Stück Papier; Bogen, Blatt
4. [3] flaches dünnes Teil; Platte
5. [4] große weite Fläche
[1] She got up from the cot and let the sheet fall from her.
Sie stand vom Feldbett auf und ließ das Laken von sich herunter fallen.
[2] I wrote on a sheet of paper.
Ich schrieb auf ein Blatt Papier.
[3] We closed the hole with a sheet of wood.
Wir schlossen das Loch mit einer Platte aus Holz.
[4] A gentle breeze disturbs the sheet of water.
Eine milde Brise kräuselt die Fläche des Wassers.
sheet
1. subst. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
2. subst. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include
3. subst. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
4. subst. A thin, flat layer of solid material.
5. subst. A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
6. subst. (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
7. subst. (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
8. subst. (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
9. subst. (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
10. subst. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
11. subst. (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
12. subst. (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
fore sheets; stern sheets
13. v. To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.
14. v. To form into sheets.
15. v. (intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.
16. v. (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.
piece of paper
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] ein Blatt Papier
[1] I need a piece of paper to write the letter.
[1] It takes ten pieces of paper to print the document.
1. subst. Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
2. subst. The hollow stem of these plants.
3. subst. (music) Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.
4. subst. (music) A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.
5. subst. (weaving) A comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving.
6. subst. (architecture) reeding
7. subst. (mining) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
8. subst. Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
9. v. To mill or mint with reeding.
10. v. simple past tense and past participle of ree
11. subst. (Scotland) The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
hand
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Körperteil: die Hand
3. [2] Kartenspiel: ein Kartenspieler
4. [3] Uhr: Zeiger
5. [4] Arbeit: Arbeitskraft, speziell auch bei der Marine
[1] Do it with both hands.
hand
1. subst. The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
Her hands are really strong.
2. subst.That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.:
3. subst. A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
4. subst. An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
5. subst.In linear measurement::
6. subst. (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
7. subst. (obsolete) Three inches.
8. subst. A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
9. subst. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
10. subst. An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful.
an old hand at speaking; large farms need many farm hands
11. subst. An instance of helping.
Bob gave Alice a hand to move the furniture.
12. subst. Handwriting; style of penmanship.
a good hand
13. subst. A person's autograph or signature.
Given under my Hand and Seal of the State this 1st Day of January, 2010.
14. subst. Personal possession; ownership.
15. subst. (usually in the hands) Management, domain, control.
in safe hands; in good hands; He lost his job when the factory changed hands. With the business back in the founder's hands, there is new hope for the company. With John
16. subst.That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.:
17. subst. (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
18. subst. # A round of a card game.
19. subst. (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
20. subst. (collective) The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.
21. subst. Applause.
Give him a hand.
22. subst. (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
23. subst. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
24. subst. A whole rhizome of ginger.
25. subst. The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
This fabric has a smooth, soft hand.
26. subst. (archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
27. subst. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.
to buy at first hand (from the producer, or when new); to buy at second hand (when no longer in the producer’s hand, or when not new); It's not a rumor. I heard it at first hand.
28. subst. (obsolete) Rate; price.
29. v. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
He handed them the letter. She handed responsibility over to her deputy.
30. v. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
to hand a lady into a carriage
31. v. (transitive, obsolete) To manage.
32. v. (transitive, obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on.
33. v. (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
34. v. (transitive, nautical, said of a sail) To furl.
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