falling leaf

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• falling leaf — An aerobatic maneuver that was very popular in the early days of aviation but is rarely practiced these days. Throughout the maneuver, the aircraft indicated air speed remains just above the stall. It involves the initiation of an incipient spin… …   Aviation dictionary

• falling leaf — noun : an aerobatic flight maneuver in which an airplane is allowed to stall and is then slipped successively to the right and left, the nose being held to point in the same direction throughout …   Useful english dictionary

• Leaf — For other uses, see Leaf (disambiguation). The leaves of a Beech tree …   Wikipedia

• leaf blight — noun any blight causing a browning and falling of the leaves of a plant • Hypernyms: ↑blight • Hyponyms: ↑fire blight, ↑pear blight, ↑needle blight, ↑needle cast, ↑leaf cast * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

• leaf — I UK [liːf] / US [lɪf] noun Word forms leaf : singular leaf plural leaves UK [liːvz] / US [lɪvz] *** 1) [countable] a flat thin green part of a tree or plant that grows on a branch or stem A light breeze stirred the leaves of the tall oak tree… …   English dictionary

• leaf — leaf1 [ lif ] (plural leaves [ livz ] ) noun *** 1. ) count a flat thin green part of a tree or plant that grows on a branch or stem: A light breeze stirred the leaves of the tall oak tree outside her window. falling/autumn leaves come into leaf… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• leaf — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ new, young ▪ autumn, fall (AmE) ▪ dead, dry, fallen, falling, rotting …   Collocations dictionary

• falling — adj. Falling is used with these nouns: ↑attendance, ↑debris, ↑demand, ↑intonation, ↑leaf, ↑level, ↑market, ↑price, ↑profit, ↑rock, ↑roll, ↑snow, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• leaf cast — noun a disease of conifers causing the needles to fall • Syn: ↑needle blight, ↑needle cast • Hypernyms: ↑leaf blight * * * noun : any of several diseases of conifers (as that caused by fungi of the order Hysteriales) producing a falling of the… …   Useful english dictionary

• leaf drop — noun : a premature falling of leaves (as the blighting and drooping of leaves associated with various virus diseases of the potato) compare leaf fall …   Useful english dictionary

• leaf-drop streak — noun : a phase of rugose mosaic developing soon after infection and characterized by necrotic streaks on the stem and underside of the veins of some of the leaves and by falling of the leaves from the lowest upward …   Useful english dictionary