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LEAVES
LEAVE
farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting
(noun) the act of departing politely; āhe disliked long farewellsā; āhe took his leaveā; āparting is such sweet sorrowā
leave
(noun) permission to do something; āshe was granted leave to speakā
leave, leave of absence
(noun) the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; āa ten dayās leave to visit his motherā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
leaves
plural of leaf
Etymology 2
Noun
leaves
plural of leave
Etymology 3
Verb
leaves
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leave
Anagrams
• Veales, salvee, sleave, veales
Source: Wiktionary
Leaves, n.,
Definition: pl. of Leaf.
LEAF
Leaf, n.; pl. Leaves. Etym: [OE. leef, lef, leaf, AS. leƔf; akin to S. l, OFries. laf, D. loof foliage, G. laub,OHG. loub leaf, foliage, Icel. lauf, Sw. lƶf, Dan. lƶv, Goth. laufs; cf. Lith. lapas. Cf. Lodge.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.
Note: Such leaves usually consist of a blade, or lamina , supported upon a leafstalk or petiole, which, continued through the blade as the midrib, gives off woody ribs and veins that support the cellular texture. The petiole has usually some sort of an appendage on each side of its base, which is called the stipule. The green parenchyma of the leaf is covered with a thin epiderm pierced with closable microscopic openings, known as stomata.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.
Note: In this view every part of a plant, except the root and the stem, is either a leaf, or is composed of leaves more or less modified and transformed.
3. 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. Leaf beetle (Zoƶl.), any beetle which feeds upon leaves; esp., any species of the family ChrysomelidƦ, as the potato beetle and helmet beetle.
– Leaf bridge, a draw-bridge having a platform or leaf which swings vertically on hinges.
– Leaf bud (Bot.), a bud which develops into leaves or a leafy branch.
– Leaf butterfly (Zoƶl.), any butterfly which, in the form and colors of its wings, resembles the leaves of plants upon which it rests; esp., butterflies of the genus Kallima, found in Southern Asia and the East Indies.
– Leaf crumpler (Zoƶl.), a small moth (Phycis indigenella), the larva of which feeds upon leaves of the apple tree, and forms its nest by crumpling and fastening leaves together in clusters.
– Leaf cutter (Zoƶl.) , any one of various species of wild bees of the genus Megachile, which cut rounded pieces from the edges of leaves, or the petals of flowers, to be used in the construction of their nests, which are made in holes and crevices, or in a leaf rolled up for the purpose. Among the common American species are M. brevis and M. centuncularis. Called also rose-cutting bee.
– Leaf fat, the fat which lies in leaves or layers within the body of an animal.
– Leaf flea (Zoƶl.), a jumping plant louse of the family PsyllidƦ.
– Leaf frog (Zoƶl.), any tree frog of the genus Phyllomedusa.
– Leaf green.(Bot.) See Chlorophyll.
– Leaf hopper (Zoƶl.), any small jumping hemipterous insect of the genus Tettigonia, and allied genera. They live upon the leaves and twigs of plants. See Live hopper.
– Leaf insect (Zoƶl.), any one of several genera and species of orthopterous insects, esp. of the genus Phyllium, in which the wings, and sometimes the legs, resemble leaves in color and form. They are common in Southern Asia and the East Indies.
– Leaf lard, lard from leaf fat. See under Lard.
– Leaf louse (Zoƶl.), an aphid.
– Leaf metal, metal in thin leaves, as gold, silver, or tin.
– Leaf miner (Zoƶl.), any one of various small lepidopterous and dipterous insects, which, in the larval stages, burrow in and eat the parenchyma of leaves; as, the pear-tree leaf miner (Lithocolletis geminatella).
– Leaf notcher (Zoƶl.), a pale bluish green beetle (Artipus Floridanus), which, in Florida, eats the edges of the leaves of orange trees.
– Leaf roller (Zoƶl.), the larva of any tortricid moth which makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of plants. See Tortrix.
– Leaf scar (Bot.), the cicatrix on a stem whence a leaf has fallen.
– Leaf sewer (Zoƶl.), a tortricid moth, whose caterpillar makes a nest by rolling up a leaf and fastening the edges together with silk, as if sewn; esp., Phoxopteris nubeculana, which feeds upon the apple tree.
– Leaf sight, a hinges sight on a firearm, which can be raised or folded down.
– Leaf trace (Bot.), one or more fibrovascular bundles, which may be traced down an endogenous stem from the base of a leaf.
– Leaf tier (Zoƶl.), a tortricid moth whose larva makes a nest by fastening the edges of a leaf together with silk; esp., Teras cinderella, found on the apple tree.
– Leaf valve, a valve which moves on a hinge.
– Leaf wasp (Zoƶl.), a sawfiy.
– To turn over a new leaf, to make a radical change for the better in one's way of living or doing. [Colloq.] They were both determined to turn over a new leaf. Richardson.
Leaf, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leafed; p. pr. & vb. n. Leafing.]
Definition: To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May. Sir T. Browne.
LEAVE
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. leĆ”f; akin to leĆ³f 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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