LEAFS Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

leafs

verb

present tense third-person singular of leaf

as in flips

to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner we must have spent hours leafing through wallpaper books before we found something we both liked

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flips

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The rise of affordable alternatives flips part of that playbook by celebrating the hunt itself, aka the ability to track down desirable products for less.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026
Thursday rain flips direction As the cyclone moves over land Thursday, showers that were moving out of the south will flip and begin crashing in out of the north, this time with less energy and moisture to keep rainfall sustained for long.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

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