"leaf out" meaning in English

See leaf out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: leafs out [present, singular, third-person], leafing out [participle, present], leafed out [participle, past], leafed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} leaf out (third-person singular simple present leafs out, present participle leafing out, simple past and past participle leafed out)
  1. (intransitive, of a plant) To open its buds. Tags: intransitive Related terms: bud out Translations ((of plant) to open its buds): lombfakadás (Hungarian), frondescō (Latin)
    Sense id: en-leaf_out-en-verb-tEFqElGp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

Inflected forms

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