"leaf" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

leaf sustantivo

sustantivo + leaf
Kolokacji: 53
Maple Leaf • gold leaf • bay leaf • leaf of one's host plant • fig leaf • Toronto Maple Leaf • banana leaf • ...
leaf + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 75
leaf litter • leaf spring • oak leaf cluster • leaf blade • leaf axil • leaf margin • Maple Leaf Garden • ...
leaf + verbo
Kolokacji: 83
leaf falls • leaf turns • leaf grows • leaf begins • leaf makes • ...
verbo + leaf
Kolokacji: 44
eat leaves • remove leaves • play for the Toronto Leafs • lose one's leaves • turn over a leaf • ...
adjetivo + leaf
Kolokacji: 184
dead leaf • dry leaf • large leaf • dark leaf • young leaf • new leaf • small leaf • broad leaf • green leaf • narrow leaf • yellow leaf • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 40
(3) large, big, handsome
Kolokacji: 3
(11) outer, inner
Kolokacji: 2
(12) glossy, showy
Kolokacji: 2
(13) wet, stiff
Kolokacji: 2
(14) brown, browned
Kolokacji: 2
(15) long, infected, oblong
Kolokacji: 3
(18) hairy, fuzzy, furry
Kolokacji: 3
(22) succulent, lush
Kolokacji: 2
(23) soft, woolly, erect, velvety
Kolokacji: 4
(25) upper, bottom, topmost
Kolokacji: 3
(26) juvenile, mature, autumnal
Kolokacji: 3
(27) pointed, triangular
Kolokacji: 2
(28) true, ragged, wavy, crinkled
Kolokacji: 4
(30) variegated, needle-like
Kolokacji: 2
(31) delicate, brittle, fragile
Kolokacji: 3
1. delicate leaf = delikatny liść delicate leaf
2. brittle leaf = kruchy liść brittle leaf
  • Some trees have dried up and shriveled, their brittle leaves breaking in the wind.
  • Then it was gone, scattered into the distance like a handful of brittle leaves on the raving wind.
  • A cool breeze came up and moved brittle leaves against each other.
  • I suggest a large leaf, light in color, dry but not brittle.
  • Death's voice was the sound of brittle leaves blowing in the wind.
  • One careless step on a brittle leaf and I would betray myself.
  • Up ahead, the gray and yellow micayah trees swayed in the wind, their slim, brittle leaves buzzing like strange insects.
  • At night, she piled dry brittle leaves left over from the previous season's growth into mounds and crawled into them to sleep.
  • He flicked the smoldering cigarette into a pile of dead brush and old brittle leaves.
  • Through the window, she watched brittle leaves skitter across the deck and explained what happened.
3. fragile leaf = kruchy liść fragile leaf
(32) feathery, frilly
Kolokacji: 2
(34) prickly, spiny
Kolokacji: 2
(35) unpaid, bitter, raw
Kolokacji: 3
(36) crisp, curly, tropical
Kolokacji: 3
(37) decaying, rotten, decayed
Kolokacji: 3
(38) stray, occasional
Kolokacji: 2
(39) wilted, dusty, moldy
Kolokacji: 3
(40) coarse, powdered
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + leaf
Kolokacji: 18
of leaves • with leaves • for the Toronto Leafs • by leaves • against the Toronto Leafs • ...

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