Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without leave.
- A rare variant of
leafless . A leaveless branch laden with icicles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Leafless.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
leafless
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Examples
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“I started two trees back,” she said, pointing to a leaveless tree around 30 feet behind her.
The Buzz at Ben’s Chili Bowl - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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“I started two trees back,” she said, pointing to a leaveless tree around 30 feet behind her.
The Buzz at Ben’s Chili Bowl - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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I looked at Little Jim and Poetry to see what they thought and to see if they could think of anything that might help us from getting a licking with those leaveless beech switches.
Shenanigans at Sugar Creek Paul Hutchens
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When we rested on this bench, inspecting the snow-covered terrain under the stark, leaveless oak trees, as the setting winter sun tinted light through the oranges and yellows of the chapel’s stained-glass windows, we were pretty sure we’d stumbled on the path to Heaven.
You Know Where to Find Me Rachel Cohn 2008
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When we rested on this bench, inspecting the snow-covered terrain under the stark, leaveless oak trees, as the setting winter sun tinted light through the oranges and yellows of the chapel’s stained-glass windows, we were pretty sure we’d stumbled on the path to Heaven.
You Know Where to Find Me Rachel Cohn 2008
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