brown leaf
braʊn liːf
brown leaf: dried leaf often found in autumn
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Definition of brown leaf - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

1.
naturedried leaf often found in autumn
  • She stepped on a brown leaf, hearing it crunch.
2.
metaphoricalsomething withered or past its prime
  • His career was like a brown leaf.
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    dried leaf often found in autumn

Expressions with brown

brown shirtn.
brown-colored shirt
She wore a brown shirt to the party.
brown baggingn.
carrying lunch to work or school in a bag
Brown bagging saves money on meals.
brown breadn.
whole wheat or wholemeal bread
She prefers brown bread for its nutritional benefits..
brown thumbn.
person who is bad at gardening
He's known as a brown thumb because his plants never survive.
brown as a berryadj.
tanned from sun exposure
He returned from his vacation brown as a berry.
plain brown wrappern.
simple brown paper used to wrap things for privacy or packaging
The magazine arrived in a plain brown wrapper for privacy.

Expressions with leaf

leaf throughv.
turn pages of a book quickly without reading carefully
He leaf through the magazine while waiting.
leaf peepingn.
activity of traveling to view and photograph autumn foliage
Every fall, they go leaf peeping in the mountains.
fig leafn.
something used to hide an undesirable fact
The apology was just a fig leaf for their mistakes.
turn over a new leafv.
make a fresh start by changing habits or behavior for the better
After years of procrastination, he decided to turn over a new leaf.
shake like a leafv.
tremble intensely from fear, cold, or nervousness
He began to shake like a leaf before the speech.
shivering like a leafadj.
extremely nervous or anxious
He was shivering like a leaf before his big presentation.
tremble like a leafv.
shake uncontrollably from fear or cold
She began to tremble like a leaf during the storm.
take a leaf out of someone's bookv.
adopt an idea or practice from another person's example
She decided to take a leaf out of her mentor's book and work harder.
autumn leafn.
leaf that falls from a tree in autumn
She collected an autumn leaf for her scrapbook.
banana leafn.
leaf of the banana plant, used in cooking and decoration
She wrapped the fish in a banana leaf before grilling it.

Terms related to brown leaf

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autumncrispdecaydryfallfoliageleafseasonfadedmetaphoricalpastprime

Terms with brown leaf included in their meaning

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smouldern.
flower disease
disease in flowers causing dark brown leaf lesions
adam-and-even.
plant
North American orchid with one leaf and yellow-brown flowers

Examples of brown leaf in a sentence

  • He picked up a brown leaf for his collection.
  • The old mansion stood like a brown leaf.
  • Her enthusiasm faded, a brown leaf in the wind.

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  1. French:feuille morte, ...
  2. German:totes Blatt, braunes Blatt, ...
  3. Italian:foglia marrone, ...
  4. Spanish:hoja marrón, ...
  5. Portuguese:folha seca, ...
  6. Chinese:棕叶, 枯叶, ...
  7. Japanese:枯れ葉, ...
  8. Arabic:وَرَقَة بُنِّيَّة, وَرَقَة ذابِلَة, ...
  9. Hebrew:עָלֶה חוּם, עָלֶה נָבוּל, ...
  10. Russian:коричневый лист, увядший лист, ...
  11. Ukrainian:коричневий лист, коричневий листок, ...
  12. Hindi:सूखा पत्ता, मुरझाया पत्ता, ...

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