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Fungal disease of wheat, most prevalent
Wheat leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) is a fungal disease that affects wheat, barley, rye stems, leaves and grains. In temperate zones it is destructive
Wheat_leaf_rust
Topics referred to by the same term
Wheat rusts include three types of Pucciniae: P. triticina, wheat leaf rust, leaf rust, wheat brown rust, or brown rust P. graminis, stem rust, wheat
Wheat_rust
Order of fungi
(fungus) Soybean rust Stem rust Wheat leaf rust Aime, M. C.; McTaggart, A. R. (2021). "A higher-rank classification for rust fungi, with notes on genera"
Rust_(fungus)
Topics referred to by the same term
called leaf rusts: Wheat leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina Hemileia vastatrix which causes Coffee leaf rust Leaf rust (barley) or barley leaf rust or
Leaf_rust
Fungus disease of cereal crops
wheat, durum wheat, barley and triticale. These diseases have affected cereal farming throughout history. The annual recurrence of stem rust of wheat
Stem_rust
Genus of grass cultivated for grain
fungal diseases in wheat were isolated. In 2021, novel resistance genes were identified in wheat against powdery mildew and wheat leaf rust. Modified resistance
Wheat
Genus of rust fungi
known as yellow rust Puccinia triticina - Wheat leaf rust, also known as brown rust Puccinia punctiformis - Canada thistle rust The rust species Puccinia
Puccinia
Fungal disease of wheat
major wheat rust diseases, along with stem rust of wheat (Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici) and leaf rust (Puccinia triticina f.sp. tritici). As R.P.
Wheat_yellow_rust
Species of flowering plant
Award of Garden Merit. It serves as an alternate host for the wheat disease Wheat Leaf Rust. The common name 'meadow rue' is thought to have derived from
Thalictrum_flavum
Ukraine as the year went on, and into Scandinavia. Source of the wheat leaf rust/wheat brown rust '58, '59, '61 epidemics unknown. The '61 epidemic was part
Agriculture_in_Poland
Species of grass
resistance gene used in hexaploid wheat but originating in this species. Lr42 confers all-stage resistance to leaf rust. Lin et al., 2022 localize Lr42
Aegilops_tauschii
Australian agronomist (1845–1906)
attention to wheat cultivation. His goal was to produce a good loaf of bread. He would consider himself a scientific gardener. The Wheat leaf rust disease
William_Farrer
management strategy in Finland. Puccinia triticina (wheat leaf rust) commonly appears late in the wheat season. Severe losses are rare but do occur with
Agriculture_in_Finland
Species of flowering plant native to South Africa
and S. cruentum. Similarly, it has found to induce resistance to rust leaf in wheat through increasing the activity of pathogenesis related proteins.
Agapanthus_africanus
Diseases of plants
Rhizoctonia spp. Phakospora pachyrhizi (soybean rust) Puccinia spp. (severe rusts of cereals and grasses)(fungus)|rusts]]. Armillaria spp. (honey fungus species
Plant_disease
Farms producing only one crop at a time
crops. As of 2009[update] the wheat leaf rust fungus caused much concern internationally, having already severely affected wheat crops in Uganda and Kenya
Monoculture
City in California, United States
sheep, cattle and grain. Wheat was more likely to prosper here than in the rest of the county, being free of wheat leaf rust, a fungal disease. Barley
Simi_Valley,_California
523–535. PMID 25151827. Abstract Rowell, J. B. (1976). "Controlof Leaf Rust on Spring Wheat by Seed Treatment with 4-N-butyl-1.2.4-triazole" (PDF). Phytopathology
Wheat_diseases
Canadian scientist
wheat disease resistance genes, map-based cloning and sequencing of the wheat leaf rust resistance gene Lr1, and molecular genetics of the leaf rust pathosystem
Sylvie_Cloutier
Species of plant
controlled the development of the fungi rice blast, tomato late blight, wheat leaf rust, barley powdery mildew and red pepper anthracnose (Colletotrichum coccodes
Catalpa_ovata
Disease affecting soybeans and other legumes
pustules and visible spores on the underside of the leaf. A good way to distinguish Asian Soybean Rust from other diseases is to look at the pustules it
Soybean_rust
Biological process of gene regulation
investigate the mechanism of resistance provided by Lr21 against wheat leaf rust in hexaploid wheat. RNAi is under development as an insecticide, employing multiple
RNA_interference
Cereal grass and grain
suffer from some leaf diseases, such as stem rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp. avenae) and crown rust (P. coronata var. avenae). Crown rust infection can greatly
Oat
Species of grass
salinity. It also has a resistance to barley yellow dwarf, wheat streak mosaic viruses, and leaf rust disease as well as containing high protein content. Agropyron
Agropyron_cristatum
Swiss molecular biologist (born 1958)
in wheat and against leaf spot disease in maize. In 2021, novel resistance genes were identified in wheat against powdery mildew and wheat leaf rust. In
Beat_Keller
American plant pathologist and plant breeder
Purdue University, Caldwell worked closely with Leroy Compton to study wheat leaf rust and expanded Purdue's breeding program for disease-resistant plants
Ralph_Merrill_Caldwell
However, wheat rapidly depleted nutrients in the soil, especially nitrogen, and was vulnerable to insects, bad weather, and wheat leaf rust. In the 1860s
History_of_Wisconsin
American agronomist (1885–1969)
World War I came to an end between 1917 and 1920 when an outbreak of wheat leaf rust, drought, and a drop in prices resulted in thousands of families leaving
M._L._Wilson
Phytopathologist and mycologist
She investigated stripe rust on wheat and barley and wheat leaf rust, and the environmental factors on disease expression in wheat plants. She also researched
Margaret_Newton
History of a US city
increase in wheat leaf rust and related crop diseases. The farmers of the southern plains developed a variety of hardy red winter wheat suitable for
History_of_Minneapolis
Rust Initiative. The BGRI has the overarching objective of systematically reducing the world’s vulnerability to stem, yellow, and leaf rusts of wheat
Borlaug Global Rust Initiative
Borlaug_Global_Rust_Initiative
of leaf blight by 75–80% in treated trees. Almond rust is a disease of almond trees that is characterized by angular yellow leaf spots on upper leaf surfaces
Fungicide use in the United States
Fungicide_use_in_the_United_States
Australian agricultural scientist and breeder of wheat
Drought affected wheat yields in the years after Sutton's appointment, and he cross-bred varieties to produce the wheat leaf rust-resistant variety Nabawa
George_Lowe_Sutton
than 10 mmhos/cm (=6400 ppm or 6400 mg/L approx).[citation needed] Wheat leaf rust "Incremental crop tolerance to weeds". doi:10.1007/s10681-005-9056-5
Kharchia_wheat
Species of fungus
ascomycete in the family Mycosphaerellaceae. It is a wheat plant pathogen causing septoria leaf blotch that is difficult to control due to resistance
Zymoseptoria_tritici
American geneticist
cultivated wheat from its wild relatives. Notably, he did important work on wheat genes for resistance to powdery mildew, common bunt, wheat leaf rust, and
Ernest_Robert_Sears
Cereal grain
caused by Blumeria hordei, leaf scald caused by Rhynchosporium secalis, barley rust caused by Puccinia hordei, crown rust caused by Puccinia coronata
Barley
and spot blotch, but is susceptible to loose smut, leaf rust and the QCC race of wheat stem rust. 'Steptoe', a white-kerneled, rough-awned feed variety
List_of_barley_cultivars
Fungal disease (leaf blight) of wheat
fungal plant pathogen that causes leaf blight on wheat. A. triticina is responsible for the largest leaf blight issue in wheat and also causes disease in other
Alternaria_triticina
Retrieved 2023-06-09 – via newspapers.com. "OSU scholar will explore wheat rust". Tulsa World. Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. 1961-05-22. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-06-09
List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1961
List_of_Guggenheim_Fellowships_awarded_in_1961
Species of grass
October 2023. Sears, Ernest (1956). The transfer of leaf-rust resistance from Aegilops umbellulata to wheat. Vol. 9. Brook-haven Symposia in Biology. pp. 1–21
Aegilops_umbellulata
Fungal disease of wheat
Spot blotch is a leaf disease of wheat caused by Cochliobolus sativus. Cochliobolus sativus also infects other plant parts and in conjunction with other
Spot_blotch_(wheat)
Indian-born Mexican scientist (1943–2021)
Achieving near-immunity to leaf and stripe rusts in wheat by combining slow rusting resistance genes. Tenth Cereal Rusts and Powdery Mildews Conference
Sanjaya_Rajaram
of diseases of wheat (Triticum spp.) grouped by causative agent. Chalkley, D. (2010). "Invasive Fungi: Alternaria leaf blight of wheat - Alternaria triticina"
List_of_wheat_diseases
Species of mite
cereal rust mite can cause losses in yield of up to 30-70%.[failed verification] Cereal rust mite eggs are exceptionally small and are placed in leaf vein
Abacarus_hystrix
Genus of fungi
Hyperparasite of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, the Causal Agent of Wheat Stripe Rust". PLOS ONE. 9 (11) e111484. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9k1484Z. doi:10.1371/journal
Cladosporium
Species of fungus
the genes responsible for their immunity. Flax Linseed Wheat Signs and symptoms of flax rust include: Light yellow to orange-yellow sori Reddish-yellow
Melampsora_lini
Damaged areas of leaves
for photosynthesis. Other forms of leaf spot diseases include leaf rust, downy mildew and blights. Although leaf spot diseases can affect a small percentage
Leaf_spot
Species of grass
wheat mite. It is susceptible to two widespread diseases that infect Avena species, oat crown rust and stem rust. It is also susceptible to the wheat
Avena_sterilis
Ability of plants to withstand pathogens
current wheat stem rust, leaf rust, and yellow stripe rust epidemics spreading from East Africa into the Indian subcontinent are caused by rust fungi Puccinia
Plant_disease_resistance
Australian politician
potatoes. He also frequently yielded 60 bushels of wheat per acre before the crops were beset by wheat leaf rust. In 1861, Roberts was commissioned as a justice
Richard Roberts (Australian politician)
Richard_Roberts_(Australian_politician)
Agriculture of the Province Saskatchewan in Canada
hardier wheat than other spring wheat. Dr. Charles E. Saunders, experimented further with Red Fife, and developed Marquis Wheat, resistant to rust, and came
Agriculture_in_Saskatchewan
Structure produced by rust fungi as part of the reproductive cycle
infects pear trees. Puccinia graminis on wheat. Gymnosporangium sabinae on a pear tree leaf. The life cycle of rust fungi can have up to five different spore
Telium
Fungal disease of barley
Barley stripe rust is a fungal disease of barley caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. hordei. a forma specialis of Puccinia striiformis. It was first
Barley_stripe_rust
Statue on the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg
young man running forward carrying a torch in one hand and a bundle of wheat in the other. Weighing 1,650 kilograms (3,640 lb), it stands 5.25 metres
Golden_Boy_(Manitoba)
Species of fungus
leaf surfaces of the host plants. Brown rust is the most widespread and prevalent disease of wheat in South America, and is the most important wheat disease
Puccinia_recondita
a list of agricultural exports, which includes coffee, maize, rice, and wheat. ICO export and re-export data The ICO reports data on exports from its
List of countries by agricultural exports
List_of_countries_by_agricultural_exports
Grass that has edible grain
world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat (UK: corn), rye, oats, barley, millet, and maize (US: corn). Edible grains
Cereal
Species of flowering plant
disease resistance or perenniality. Transferring leaf rust- and powdery mildew-resistance to wheat has been a special interest. But, attempts to directly
Thinopyrum_intermedium
Species of grass
"Molecular Cytogenetic Characterization of a Wheat - Leymus mollis 3D(3Ns) Substitution Line with Resistance to Leaf Rust". Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 41
Leymus_mollis
American mycologist (1890-1968)
the leaf rust of wheat, Puccinia triticina, in the United States". Phytopathology 13: 36. 1923. Mains EB, Leighty CE. "Resistance in rye to leaf rust, Puccinia
Edwin_Butterworth_Mains
Genus of flowering plants representing the barberry family
[citation needed] Berberis species can infect wheat with stem rust, a serious fungal disease of wheat and related grains. B. vulgaris (European barberry)
Berberis
Species of flowering plant
can serve as an alternate host for wheat yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, which usually prefers wheat), but it is unknown whether this
Berberis_aquifolium
Species of flowering plant
is a weed in wheat cultivation. Foxtail barley is also host to a number of viruses, and because it harbours wheat rust and blackstem rust, can indirectly
Hordeum_jubatum
Species of fungus
Handbook". plantdiseasehandbook.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-06. "Stem rust of wheat". www.apsnet.org. Retrieved 2016-12-06. Whitman, Ken (1994). "Boll Rot"
Puccinia_schedonnardii
Species of plant
thunbergii does not act as a host for Puccinia graminis (black rust), a rust pathogen of wheat. B. thunbergii, however, naturally hybridizes with B. vulgaris
Berberis_thunbergii
German surgeon, botanist, microbiologist and mycologist (1831–1888)
thorough investigation on Puccinia graminis, the pathogen that produces rust in wheat, rye and other grains. He noticed that P. graminis produced reddish
Heinrich_Anton_de_Bary
Fungicide
amongst others, cereal diseases, two of which, namely leaf blotch (Septoria tritici) and rust (Puccinia triticina), are responsible for up to 30% yield
Epoxiconazole
Species of fungus
Urocystis agropyri is a fungal plant pathogen that causes flag smut on wheat. The flag smut fungus, U. agropyri, is a basidiomycete. It produces basidiospores
Urocystis_agropyri
Division of fungi
host families. Such rusts are heteroecious (requiring two hosts) and macrocyclic (producing all five spores types). Wheat stem rust is an example. By convention
Basidiomycota
Non-profit agricultural phytopathology organization
Brian J. Steffenson, and Michael Ayliffe, A Wheat Multi-Transgene Cassette Provides Stem and Leaf Rust Resistance in the Field. In Plant and Animal Genome
2Blades
Species of flowering plant
disease problems in agarita. Sometimes leaf spots and rusts - especially black stem rust - may occur. Stem rust, caused by the fungus Puccinia graminis
Berberis_trifoliolata
Neovossia indica = Tilletia indica Leaf rust (brown rust) Puccinia recondita Aecidium clematidis [anamorph] Leaf streak Mycosphaerella recutita = Cercosporidium
List_of_rye_diseases
Abnormal development of floral parts into leafy structures
rose leaf curl mite (Phyllocoptes fructiplilus) which is known to be the primary vector of the rose rosette disease; and the chrysanthemum rust mite (Paraphytoptus
Phyllody
Group of grasses (food grain)
grain mould, rust, and sheath rot. Bacterial diseases are generally less serious; they include bacterial leaf spot, leaf stripe and leaf streak. Viral
Millet
American botanist and plant pathologist
RF. 1927. A cytological study of orange leaf rust, Puccinia triticina physiologic form 11, on Malakoff wheat. Journal of Agricultural Research 34: 697–714
Ruth_F._Allen
Species of shrub
species of the wheat stem rust fungus (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici), a grass-infecting rust fungus that is a serious fungal disease of wheat and related
Berberis_vulgaris
Species of shrub
a lot more prevalent in the past, however due to its connection with wheat rust, the United States government has slowly been eradicating the species
Berberis_canadensis
Series of US coins
Relatively more common are Kansas quarters bearing the motto "IN GOD WE RUST." The United States produces proof coinage in circulating base metal and
50_State_quarters
Harrington, Thomas C. (1 May 2006). "Species of Cercospora associated with grey leaf spot of maize". Studies in Mycology. 55. Westerdijk Institute (Elsevier):
List_of_maize_diseases
Roasted-grain beverage popular as a coffee-substitute
1911, replaced the original brewed beverage. Postum is made from roasted wheat bran and molasses. In addition to the original flavor, coffee-flavored and
Postum
Species of flowering plant
doi:10.1007/BF02858682. JSTOR 4254272. S2CID 27839209. "A note on Indian wheat-rusts". Records of the Botanical Survey of India. 1 (1). Calcutta, India: Botanical
Launaea_nudicaulis
Rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, Pst) is found on Barley, wheat, and various grasses here. Maccaferri et al. 2015 surveys the world's wheat
Agriculture_in_California
Staple crop
and not nutritious. They much preferred foods from Spain, specifically wheat bread, olive oil, red wine, and meat, and considered maize and cassava damaging
Cassava
Concept in plant genetics
genes expressed during compatible interactions between leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) and wheat using cDNA-AFLP". Molecular Plant Pathology. 4 (6): 469–477
Gene-for-gene_relationship
Australian plant pathologist (1920–2007)
was an Australian plant pathologist, best known for her work on coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix) and discovery of several species of fungi.[dead link]
Dorothy_Shaw
Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph] Rusts Crown rust Puccinia coronata var. hordei Leaf rust Puccinia hordei Stem rust Puccinia graminis f.sp. secalis Puccinia
List_of_barley_diseases
Viral disease of cereals
cereals. It affects the economically important crop species barley, oats, wheat, maize, triticale and rice. Barley yellow dwarf is caused by barley yellow
Barley_yellow_dwarf
French geneticist
basis of fungal disease resistance in wheat and in barley and cloned the first leaf rust resistance gene from wheat. In 2004 she was hired as a research
Catherine_Feuillet
Species of shrub
susceptible to the rust species Puccinia graminis and P. striiformis, and spores of P. graminis from B. holstii can infect certain varieties of wheat, barley, rye
Berberis_holstii
Common name for several daisy-like plants
following fungi are known to attack this plant: Albugo tragopogonis (white rust), Cylindrosporium matricariae, Halicobasidium purpureum, Peronospora leptosperma
Chamomile
Irish mycologist and plant pathologist (1874-1943)
Agricultural Research Institute at Pusa. He published a monograph of the Indian wheat rusts in 1906 and his research on Pythium in 1907. In 1918 he produced "Fungi
Edwin_John_Butler
American plant breeder
Born in Waverly, Nebraska, Beachell and his family moved to a corn and wheat farm in western Nebraska. In 1930 he earned a bachelor's degegree in agronomy
Henry_Beachell
Action of an organism that harms or interferes with the functioning of another organism
parasitizes Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), the causal agent of wheat stripe rust. Induction of resistance in antagonism refers to the ability of an
Antagonism_(phytopathology)
Structure produced by some fungi
and the tripeptide sequence Arg-Gly-Asp inhibit appressorium induction. Rust fungi only form appressoria at stomata, since they can only infect plants
Appressorium
Genus of plants in the buttercup family
Roelfs, Alan P.; Singh, Ravi Prakash; Saari, Eugene E. (1992). Rust diseases of wheat: Concepts and methods of disease management. S2CID 84123050. Buczacki
Clematis
advanced functional traits, including higher specific leaf area, chlorophyll content, nutrient uptake and leaf litter decomposition compared to native shrubs
List of invasive species in India
List_of_invasive_species_in_India
District in Aveiro, Pará, Brazil
what a proper diet should be … He tried to impose brown rice and whole-wheat bread and canned peaches and oatmeal — and that itself created discontent"
Fordlândia
Species of fungus
barley plants and those closely related to barley, such as barley grass, wheat, and oat, can be infected through mycelia or conidia and become an inoculum
Pyrenophora_teres
Dutch-Tunisian phytopathologist and botanist
genetics and detection fo [sic] Mycosphaerella graminicola, wheat Septoria tritici leaf blotch pathogen (Thesis). S.l.: s.n]. OCLC 66567286. "Alumna
Sarrah_Ben_M'barek
WHEAT LEAF-RUST
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Female
Hebrew
(לֵ×ָה) Hebrew name LEAH means "weary." In the bible, this is the name of Jacob's first wife. Compare with other forms of Leah.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal names Lēofa (masculine) and Lēofe (feminine) ‘dear’, ‘beloved’. These names were in part short forms of various compound names with this first element, in part independent affectionate bynames.English : apparently a topographic name for someone who lived in a densely foliated area, from Middle English lēaf ‘leaf’; a certain Robert Intheleaves is recorded in London in the 14th century.Americanized form of Swedish Lö(ö)f, Löv, an ornamental name from löv ‘leaf’.English translation of the Ashkenazic Jewish ornamental surname Blatt.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Pallabi | பலà¯à®²à®¾à®ªà¯€ Â
Leaf
Pallabi | பலà¯à®²à®¾à®ªà¯€ Â
Girl/Female
Tamil
Leaf
Female
English
 Variant spelling of Old English Lea, LEAH means "meadow." Compare with other forms of Leah.
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Guðleifr, GUÃLEIF means "divine heir."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu
Leaf
Girl/Female
Muslim
Leaf
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Leaf
Female
Hebrew
 Variant spelling of Hebrew Leah, LEA means "weary." Compare with another form of Lea.
Surname or Lastname
English, Spanish, and Portuguese
English, Spanish, and Portuguese : nickname for a loyal or trustworthy person, from Old French leial, Spanish and Portuguese leal ‘loyal’, ‘faithful (to obligations)’, Latin legalis, from lex, ‘law’, ‘obligation’ (genitive legis).
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Leifr, LEIF means "descendant, heir."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Leaf.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Leaf
Female
English
 Old English name LEA means "meadow." Compare with another form of Lea.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Devon)
English (chiefly Devon) : nickname for a thin or lean person, from Middle English lene ‘lean’ (Old English hlǣne).Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Liatháin (see Lehane).Reduced form of Scottish McLean.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire)
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire) : metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of wheat, from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ (a derivative of hwīt ‘white’, because of its use in making white flour).
Girl/Female
Hindu
Leaf
Girl/Female
Hindu
Leaf
Boy/Male
British, English
Leaf
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WHEAT LEAF-RUST
Boy/Male
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Parsi, Punjabi, Sikh, Telugu, Traditional
Garden
Girl/Female
Australian, British, English, French, Gaelic, Irish, Scandinavian, Spanish, Swedish
Strength; Mythological Celtic Goddess of Fire and Poetry; Power; Spanish Form of Bridget Strong; To Help; The Exalted One
Boy/Male
Australian, Hebrew, Jewish
Joseph's Son
Boy/Male
Muslim
Successful
Female
Native American
Native American Cherokee name AMADAHY means "forest water."
Girl/Female
Anglo, Australian, British, Danish, English, Finnish, Scandinavian, Swedish
Gift of the Sun; Sun; Gift
Boy/Male
Tamil
Male
Italian
Italian name ARCANGELO means "archangel."
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
A King from the Mahabharat
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Abigail, ABAEGAYLE means "father rejoices."
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pron., a., & adv.
As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons or things; as, what is this? what did you say? what poem is this? what child is lost?
v. t.
To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
v. t.
To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
v. i.
To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
v. i.
Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
n.
Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
v.
A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.
pron., a., & adv.
Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as, what folly! what eloquence! what courage!
interrog. adv.
Why? For what purpose? On what account?
n.
Wheat, or bread made from wheat.
n.
An article made of lead or an alloy of lead
v. i.
To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.
a.
Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
a.
As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.
n.
The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.
pron., a., & adv.
Whatever; whatsoever; what thing soever; -- used indefinitely.
v. i.
Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.
imp. & p. p.
Heated; as, the iron though heat red-hot.
v. i.
To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.
n.
Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.