leaf vs riffle

leaf

verb
  • To produce leaves; put forth foliage. 

  • To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves. 

noun
  • Anything resembling the leaf of a plant. 

  • A flat section used to extend the size of a table. 

  • One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small. 

  • The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat. 

  • A Canadian person. 

  • The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. 

  • A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement. 

  • A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin. 

  • A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into. 

  • A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf). 

  • Tea leaves. 

  • In a tree, a node that has no descendants. 

  • Cannabis. 

riffle

verb
  • To leaf through rapidly. 

  • To ruffle with a rippling action. 

  • To skim or flick through the pages of a book. 

  • To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream. 

  • To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts. 

  • To idly manipulate objects with the fingers. 

  • To prepare samples of material using a riffler. 

noun
  • A succession of small waves. 

  • A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water. 

  • A quick skim through the pages of a book. 

  • A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough. 

  • In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool. 

  • The act of shuffling cards; the sound made while shuffling cards. 

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