leafy
leafy
Definition
leafy (lēf′ē)
adjective leaf′i·er, leaf′i·est
- of, covered with, consisting of, or like a leaf or leaves
- having many leaves
- having broad leaves or consisting mainly of such leaves spinach is a leafy vegetable
leaf′i·ness noun
leafy
Synonyms
leafy
modif.
leafy
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- suburb: Most of the halls are in the leafy suburbs around a mile from the main campus.
- vegetable: Citrus fruits, green leafy vegetables, tomatoes, potatoes.
- glade: The image is a leafy glade, a take on Shakespeare's Midsummer's Nights Dream.
- suburbia: The perception of teaching life in leafy suburbia will often provide an attractive alternative.
- lane: Located in a leafy lane, 2 miles north of Leeds city center, truly is the country house hotel in the city.
- liverwort: Current status Wilson`s pouchwort is a leafy liverwort found in wooded ravines where there is both constant high humidity and reasonable light levels.
Modifying Another Word
- very: Purley remains a very leafy suburb in nature with the spacious Purley Downs golf course situated to the east.
- densely: The crown is broad and densely leafy - casting a refreshing but rather somber shade.
- somewhere: Almost everyone wants to live somewhere leafy once they get going.
- rather: Gentleman that compared to Hull, Kingston-upon-Thames looks rather leafy.
- then: The first was to appoint a principal and the second was to relocate to the then leafy and rural Isleworth.
- pretty: A pretty leafy shrub is got ready to make a " plaything " for the seed.
Used with adjective complement
- look: Gentleman that compared to Hull, Kingston-upon-Thames looks rather leafy.
- overlook: Dorset Square Hotel is a classic townhouse overlooking leafy Dorset square the former site of Lords Cricket Ground.
- find: So, at the top of their shopping lists you find leafy Vincent Square, elegant Smith Square and grand Lord North Street.
- get: Plum tree has lost its flowers and is now getting leafy.
- have: The species are marine perennials, rooted in the substratum, having leafy stems either submerged or partially submerged.
Browse dictionary entries near leafy
- leafstalk
- leaflet
- leafhopper
- leafage
- leaf spring
- leaf spot
- leaf mold
- leaf miner
- leaf lard
- leaf insect
- league
- League of Nations
- league table
- leagued
- leaguer
- Leah
- leak
- leakage
- leaker
- Leakey
