leafing in English

verb

1

(of a plant, especially a deciduous one in spring) put out new leaves.

But if you prune back hard or after the tree leafs out in spring, it may be slower to come into bloom that year.

2

turn over (the pages of a book or the papers in a pile), reading them quickly or casually.

he leafed through the stack of notes

synonyms: flip through, thumb through, flick through, skim through/over, browse through, glance through/over, riffle through, rifle through, scan, run one's eye over, peruse

noun

• foliation

verb

• flip through, thumb through, flick through, skim through/over, browse through, glance through/over, riffle through, rifle through, scan, run one's eye over, peruse
• flick, flip, riff, thumb, riffle

Use "leafing" in a sentence

1. He Chanced upon the definition when leafing through the dictionary.

2. He Approached it on tip toes, leafing through a pile of papers on the surface

3. Synonyms for Browsing include skimming, scanning, glancing, perusing, looking, dipping, flipping, glimpsing, glinting and leafing

4. Leafing through his notebook he saw the passage, "Where are the flowers, the girls have plucked them.

5. Or , he is leafing through the antique work of revolution for a slogan against the imperialist .

6. Simple past tense and past participle of chance He Chanced upon the definition when leafing through the dictionary

7. That afternoon while her mother was taking a nap, Vareta was busy leafing through older magazines, reading the titles.