"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
3. fragile leaf = kruchy liść fragile leaf
  • She was at the mercy of a bizarre and chaotic environment, a small and very fragile leaf in a violent, howling windstorm.
  • The same, for the wreath of fragile leaves and flowerlets-a clever way of getting around the fact that a commoner couldn't wear a coronet.
  • One fragile leaf shown in the exhibition has the seemingly familiar inscription, "Industry is next to Godliness."
  • My roses arrived two weeks ago, 13 slender little plants with fragile leaves, sticking out of long tubular plastic pots.
  • In South India, paan prepared from small and fragile leaves is called chigrlayele.
  • There was a green fur climbing up the hills, and the trees were testing new, fragile leaves in the winds.
  • "Just the movement of separating the acrylic panels might dislodge the fragile leaves or wings," Ms. Buck said.
  • Not only theirs, these fragile leaves of grass.
  • It had fragile leaves that wilted at the touch, but the stalks, although short, were straight and strong.
  • Workers must pick rapidly while handling the fragile leaves gently.
(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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