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Leafing

Leaf \Leaf\, Leaf out \Leaf out\(l[=e]f), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leafed (l[=e]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Leafing.] To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.
--Sir T. Browne.

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leafing

n. The act of one who leafs through something. vb. (present participle of leaf English)

WordNet
leafing

n. (botany) the process of forming leaves [syn: foliation]

Usage examples of "leafing".

A sleepy- eyed Sikh was leafing through a newspaper in his native tongue behind the front desk.

I rebundled the file, perfunctorily leafing through the last few items, something hit my eye.

I was leafing through the file on one of our new outstanding cases when Claire appeared at my door.