leafy

«leafy» in Mova's school dictionary: Having lots of leaves: «a leafy tree» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (leafy, leafier, leafiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Having lots of leaves: «a leafy tree». tree →

2) (of a place) With many trees and gardens, green and pleasant: «a leafy street». tree →

3) (of vegetables) Eaten as leaves: «leafy greens». tree →

sense in the lessons

In health lessons: leafy green vegetables (spinach, lettuce, kale, cabbage) are full of vitamins. In geography and stories: «a leafy suburb» suggests a quiet, green, comfortable area. In science: leafy plants need light for photosynthesis.

examples

• We walked down a leafy lane. tree →
• Eat your leafy greens like spinach and lettuce. tree →
• The leafy branches gave us shade. tree →
• They live in a leafy part of town. tree →
• The leafiest tree in the park is the old oak. tree →
• Caterpillars love leafy plants. tree →
• Overgrown with thistles and rank weeds, in the centre of which a leafy lime tree reared itself. tree →

note

Comparative: leafier, leafiest (y → i). From leaf + -y. Plural of leaf is leaves (not «leafs»), but the adjective is leafy.

In the corpora

• Elephants sometimes use tools, such as a stick to scratch an itch or a leafy branch to swat flies.
• Wild rabbits mostly eat grass, clover and leafy plants; carrots are sugary and should be only a small treat for pet rabbits.
• Howlers rest most of the day, because their leafy food gives little energy.
• Guinea pigs cannot make their own vitamin C, so they need fresh vegetables such as pepper or leafy greens every day.
• Rabbits should eat mostly hay and grass with some leafy greens; carrots are sugary treats for now and then.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «leafy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.