LEAVE

farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting

(noun) the act of departing politely; “he disliked long farewells”; “he took his leave”; “parting is such sweet sorrow”

leave

(noun) permission to do something; “she was granted leave to speak”

leave, leave of absence

(noun) the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; “a ten day’s leave to visit his mother”

leave, leave alone, leave behind, let alone

(verb) leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; “leave it as is”; “leave the young fawn alone”; “leave the flowers that you see in the park behind”

leave, leave behind

(verb) be survived by after one’s death; “He left six children”; “At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats”

forget, leave

(verb) leave behind unintentionally; “I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant”; “I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors”

leave

(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”

leave, go forth, go away

(verb) go away from a place; “At what time does your train leave?”; “She didn’t leave until midnight”; “The ship leaves at midnight”

exit, go out, get out, leave

(verb) move out of or depart from; “leave the room”; “the fugitive has left the country”

bequeath, will, leave

(verb) leave or give by will after one’s death; “My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry”; “My grandfather left me his entire estate”

impart, leave, give, pass on

(verb) transmit (knowledge or skills); “give a secret to the Russians”; “leave your name and address here”; “impart a new skill to the students”

entrust, leave

(verb) put into the care or protection of someone; “He left the decision to his deputy”; “leave your child in the nurse’s care”

leave, depart, pull up stakes

(verb) remove oneself from an association with or participation in; “She wants to leave”; “The teenager left home”; “She left her position with the Red Cross”; “He left the Senate after two terms”; “after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes”

leave, result, lead

(verb) produce as a result or residue; “The water left a mark on the silk dress”; “Her blood left a stain on the napkin”

leave, allow for, allow, provide

(verb) make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; “This leaves no room for improvement”; “The evidence allows only one conclusion”; “allow for mistakes”; “leave lots of time for the trip”; “This procedure provides for lots of leeway”

leave

(verb) act or be so as to become in a specified state; “The inflation left them penniless”; “The president’s remarks left us speechless”

leave

(verb) have left or have as a remainder; “That left the four of us”; “19 minus 8 leaves 11”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle left)

(transitive) To have a consequence or remnant.

To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.

To cause, to result in.

(transitive) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.

To depart; to separate from.

To let be or do without interference.

(transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.

(transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).

(intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.

To transfer something.

(transitive) To transfer possession of after death.

(transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.

(transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.

(intransitive, obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay.

(transitive, archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).

Synonyms

• (to end one's connection with): depart, forget, leave behind

Etymology 2

Noun

leave (plural leaves)

(cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.

(billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).

Etymology 3

Noun

leave (countable and uncountable, plural leaves)

Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.

(dated or legal) Permission.

(dated) Farewell, departure.

Synonyms

• (permission to be absent): annual leave, holiday; see also vacation

• (permission): authorisation, consent

Etymology 4

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle left or leaved)

(transitive) To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

Etymology 5

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle leaved)

(intransitive, rare) To produce leaves or foliage.

Synonyms

• leaf

Etymology 6

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle leaved)

(obsolete) To raise; to levy.

Anagrams

• Veale, veale

Source: Wiktionary

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Leave, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaving]

Definition: To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out. G. Fletcher.

Leave, v. t. Etym: [See Levy.]

Definition: To raise; to levy. [Obs.] An army strong she leaved. Spenser.

Leave, n. Etym: [OE. leve, leave, AS. leáf; akin to leóf pleasing, dear, E. lief, D. oorlof leave, G. arlaub, and erlauben to permit, Icel. leyfi. Lief.]

1. Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license. David earnestly asked leave of me. 1 Sam. xx. 6. No friend has leave to bear away the dead. Dryden.

2. The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go. A double blessing is a'double grace; Occasion smiles upon a second leave. Shak. And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren. Acts xviii. 18. French leave. See under French.

Syn.

– See Liberty.

Leave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Left; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaving.] Etym: [OE. leven, AS. l, fr. laf remnant, heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain; cf. belifan to remain, G. bleiben, Goth. bileiban. Live, v.]

1. To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. Gen. ii. 24.

2. To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed. If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes Jer. xlix. 9. These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Matt. xxiii. 23. Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be said than is expressed. Bacon.

3. To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. Now leave complaining and begin your tea. Pope.

4. To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish. Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. Mark x. 28. The heresies that men do leave. Shak.

5. To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge. I will leave you now to your gossiplike humor. Shak.

6. To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit -- with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators. Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way. Matt. v. 24. The foot That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks. Shak.

7. To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece. To leave alone. (a) To leave in solitude. (b) To desist or refrain from having to do with; as, to leave dangerous chemicals alone.

– To leave off. (a) To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as, to leave off work at six o'clock. (b) To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual position; as, to leave off a garment; to leave off the tablecloth. (c) To forsake; as, to leave off a bad habit.

– To leave out, to omit; as, to leave out a word or name in writing.

– To leave to one's self, to let (one) be alone; to cease caring for (one).

Syn. - To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon; relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up; forego; resign; surrender; forbear. See Quit.

Leave, v. i.

1. To depart; to set out. [Colloq.] By the time I left for Scotland. Carlyle.

2. To cease; to desist; to leave off. "He . . . began at the eldest, and left at the youngest." Gen. xliv. 12. To leave off, to cease; to desist; to stop. Leave off, and for another summons wait. Roscommon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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