leafy
/ˈliːfi/adjective
उच्चारण लीफ़ी
पत्तेदार, हरा-भरा
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having a lot of leaves; (of a place) with a lot of trees and plants
पत्तेदार, हरा-भरा
- leafy vegetables
- a leafy suburb
- Eat plenty of leafy greens like spinach and fenugreek.
+ 2 more examples
- We walked down a quiet, leafy lane in Dehradun.
- The leafy branches of the neem gave us shade.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
leafy + noun
Leafy describes places or plants with many leaves, such as a leafy lane, a leafy suburb or leafy vegetables.
'Leafy' ऐसे स्थानों या पौधों का वर्णन करता है जिनमें बहुत पत्तियाँ हों, जैसे leafy lane, leafy suburb या leafy vegetables।
- We walked down a quiet leafy lane after school.
- Spinach and methi are leafy vegetables.
be + leafy
After be, leafy tells that a place is green and shady; it is a positive word in descriptions.
Be के बाद 'leafy' बताता है कि कोई स्थान हरा और छायादार है; वर्णन में यह सकारात्मक शब्द है।
- Our campus is green and leafy.
- The street became leafy after the municipality planted trees.
leafy (adjective) vs leaf / leaves
The noun is leaf, with the plural leaves; leafy is the adjective made by adding y to the noun.
Noun 'leaf' है, जिसका बहुवचन 'leaves' है; 'leafy' उसमें y जोड़कर बना adjective है।
- A single leaf fell from the tree.
- The tree was leafy and full of birds.
leafy suburb (social meaning)
In British writing a leafy suburb suggests a pleasant, quiet and usually well-off residential area.
ब्रिटिश लेखन में 'leafy suburb' एक सुखद, शांत और प्रायः संपन्न रिहायशी इलाके का संकेत देता है।
- They moved from the busy city to a leafy suburb.
+Collocations 4
leafy + noun
lanesuburbavenuevegetablesgarden
- Radhika lives on a leafy avenue near the university.
adverb + leafy
veryrichlylushlydenselypleasantly
- The hill station is pleasantly leafy in July.
leafy + trees / greens
leafy greensleafy branchesleafy canopyleafy bower
- Doctors advise eating leafy greens daily.
verb + leafy
growlookstayremainturn
- The park stays leafy even in summer.
“More examples 5
- The leafy compound kept the house cool in the summer.
हरे-भरे अहाते ने गर्मियों में घर को ठंडा रखा।
- Eat more leafy vegetables like palak and bathua in winter.
सर्दियों में पालक और बथुआ जैसी पत्तेदार सब्ज़ियाँ अधिक खाएँ।
- The old library stands in a leafy corner of the town.
पुराना पुस्तकालय शहर के एक हरे-भरे कोने में स्थित है।
- After the first monsoon showers the whole hillside turned leafy.
पहली बरसात के बाद पूरी पहाड़ी हरी-भरी हो गई।
- Students study under a leafy neem tree near the hostel.
विद्यार्थी छात्रावास के पास एक घने पत्तों वाले नीम के पेड़ के नीचे पढ़ते हैं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These adjectives all describe places with plants, but they differ in how thick and green the growth is.
ये सभी adjective पौधों वाले स्थानों का वर्णन करते हैं, पर उगी हरियाली की घनता और हरेपन में अंतर है।
Having many leaves, and shady and green.
बहुत पत्तियों वाला, छायादार और हरा।
- The avenue was cool and leafy.
Growing thickly and healthily, often because of rain.
घना और स्वस्थ रूप से बढ़ा हुआ, प्रायः वर्षा के कारण।
- The fields were lush after the monsoon.
The colour of grass; it may also mean covered with plants or caring for the environment.
घास का रंग; इसका अर्थ पौधों से ढका हुआ या पर्यावरण का ध्यान रखने वाला भी हो सकता है।
- The campus is very green.
◇Word family
AaSpelling
leaf·y
?Which word?
Keep the green words together: leafy, verdant (covered with green plants, literary), lush (growing thickly and healthily), luxuriant, sylvan (connected with forests).
हरे-भरे के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: leafy, verdant (हरे पौधों से ढका, साहित्यिक), lush (घना और स्वस्थ उगने वाला), luxuriant, sylvan (वनों से संबंधित)।
§Grammar and usage
The plural of leaf is leaves (like knife/knives, wife/wives, life/lives).
Leaf का plural leaves है (knife/knives, wife/wives, life/lives की तरह)।
Health: green leafy vegetables like spinach are rich in iron.
स्वास्थ्य में पालक जैसी हरी पत्तेदार सब्ज़ियाँ लोहे से भरपूर हैं।