Crossword puzzle clue "like leaves"

DEFOLIATE, to remove the leaves from

to gather with a toothed bar on a handle

RAKE, to gather with a toothed bar on a handle

any tree of the genus Alnus, related to the birches

BLOW, to propel by a current of air

BRUISE, to injure and discolour the skin

EBB, to move back from the land, to recede

irregularly notched as if bitten