"leaf through" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: leafs through [present, singular, third-person], leafing through [participle, present], leafed through [participle, past], leafed through [past]
Rhymes: -uː Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} leaf through (third-person singular simple present leafs through, present participle leafing through, simple past and past participle leafed through)
  1. (transitive) To turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random. Tags: transitive Synonyms: riffle, browse, scan, skim Translations (to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random): fullejar (Catalan), prolistovat [perfective] (Czech), bladeren (Dutch), doorbladeren (Dutch), foliumi (Esperanto), feuilleter (French), durchblättern (German), φυλλομετρώ (fyllometró) (Greek), sfogliare (Italian), kartkować (Polish), folhear (Portuguese), frunzări (Romanian), листа́ть (listátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), перели́стывать (perelístyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), перелиста́ть (perelistátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), проли́стывать (prolístyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пролиста́ть (prolistátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), листати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), прелиставати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), listati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), prelistavati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), listati (Slovene), hojear (Spanish), bläddra (i, igenom) (Swedish), göz gezdirmek (Turkish), karıştırmak (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random."
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          "word": "browse"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
          "word": "fullejar"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
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          "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
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          "roman": "fyllometró",
          "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
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          "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
          "word": "sfogliare"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
          "word": "kartkować"
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          "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
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          "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
          "word": "hojear"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
          "word": "bläddra (i, igenom)"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
          "word": "göz gezdirmek"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "fullejar"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "bladeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "doorbladeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "foliumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "feuilleter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "durchblättern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fyllometró",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "φυλλομετρώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "sfogliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "kartkować"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "folhear"
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      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "frunzări"
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      "roman": "listátʹ",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "листа́ть"
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      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "hojear"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "bläddra (i, igenom)"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "göz gezdirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random",
      "word": "karıştırmak"
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