Antonyms for leaf through


Grammar : Verb
Spell : leef
Phonetic Transcription : lif


Definition of leaf through

Origin :
  • "to turn over (the pages of a book)," 1660s, from leaf (n.). The notion of a book page also is in the phrase to turn over a (new) leaf (1570s). Related: Leafed; leaved; leafing.
  • As in read : verb look at and understand written word
  • As in scan : verb look over, scrutinize lightly
  • As in skim : verb look through cursorily
  • As in browse : verb look around; look through
  • As in riffle : verb browse
  • As in dip into : verb try, sample
  • As in glance : verb look at briefly
Example sentences :
  • He must have known—for news such as this travels from leaf to leaf through the forest.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • Sunlight is stored in every leaf, from leaf through coal, and it comforts us thence when days are dark and we cannot see the sun.
  • Extract from : « The Greatest Thing In the World and Other Addresses » by Henry Drummond
  • This consisted of inhaling the fumes of the leaf through a Y-shaped device applied to the nostrils.
  • Extract from : « Cuba, Old and New » by Albert Gardner Robinson
  • As you look at those documents—would you leaf through all the pages I have mentioned?
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Synonyms for leaf through

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