to leaf through sth
1leaf through something — ˈleaf through sth derived to quickly turn over the pages of a book, etc. without reading them or looking at them carefully • While I was waiting I leafed through a magazine. Main entry: ↑leafderived …
2ˌleaf ˈthrough sth — phrasal verb to turn pages quickly and without looking at them carefully …
3leaf — leaf1 W2S2 [li:f] n plural leaves [li:vz] ↑branch, ↑leaves, ↑trunk ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(plant)¦ 2 take a leaf out of somebody s book 3 turn over a new leaf 4¦(page)¦ 5¦(part of table)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ …
4leaf — 1 /li:f/ noun plural leaves /li:vz/ 1 PLANT (C) one of the flat green parts of a plant that are joined to its stem or branches: a flowering bush with large shiny leaves | be in leaf/come into leaf: The forest was just coming into leaf. 2 take a… …
5leaf*/*/*/ — [liːf] (plural leaves [liːvz] ) noun [C] I 1) a flat, thin, usually green part of a tree or plant that grows on a branch or stem The autumn leaves were beginning to fall.[/ex] 2) a page of a book • take a leafout of/from sb s book to copy what… …
6page through something — ˌpage ˈthrough sth derived (NAmE) to quickly turn the pages of a book, magazine, etc. and look at them without reading them carefully or in detail Syn: ↑flick through something, Syn: ↑leaf through something …
7come — come1 W1S1 [kʌm] v past tense came [keım] past participle come ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move towards somebody/something)¦ 2¦(go with somebody)¦ 3¦(travel to a place)¦ 4¦(post)¦ 5¦(happen)¦ 6¦(reach a level/place)¦ 7¦(be produce …
8read — read1 W1S1 [ri:d] v past tense and past participle read [red] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(words/books)¦ 2¦(find information)¦ 3¦(read and speak)¦ 4¦(music/maps etc)¦ 5¦(computer)¦ 6¦(understand something in a particular way)¦ 7¦(have words on)¦ 8¦(style of… …
9page — noun 1 in a book, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ back, front ▪ facing, opposite ▪ There s a photo of him on the opposite page. ▪ inside …
10magazine — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ new, old ▪ full colour/full color, glossy ▪ illustrated ▪ bimonthly, monthly, quarterly …
