The tall giraffe reaches for leaves on a tree.

Meaning: This means that a giraffe with a great height is stretching out its neck to get the green parts of a plant that grow from the stems of a large plant with a trunk and branches. It's like saying, The giraffe with a great height stretches out its neck to get the green parts of a plant that grow from the stems of a large plant with a trunk and branches.

Choice of Words: Tall means having a great height. Giraffe is a large African mammal with a long neck and legs. Reaches means to stretch out an arm or hand to get something. For means with the purpose of getting or achieving something. Leaves are the green parts of a plant that grow from the stems. Tree is a large plant with a trunk and branches. When you put them together, "The tall giraffe reaches for leaves on a tree" means that a giraffe with a great height is stretching out its neck to get the green parts of a plant that grow from the stems of a large plant with a trunk and branches.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• The tall giraffe reaches high for the leaves on the tree.
• The tall giraffe reaches for the leaves on the tree.
• Tall giraffe reaches for leaves.
• Tall giraffe reaches high for juicy leaves.
• The tall giraffe reaches high for the juicy leaves.
• Giraffe reaches, eats leaves.
• Giraffe reaches tallest branch.
• The tall giraffe reached for the leaves on the tree.
• Tall giraffe reached for leaves on tree.
• The tall giraffe reached the juicy leaves high in the tree.