leave

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Synonyms: heave, cleave, lave, reave, weave, loave, lease, eave, leve, leaue, beave

Antonyms: heave, cleave, lave, reave, weave, loave, lease, eave, leve, leaue, beave

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Verb

1. 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.
   • I left my car at home and took a bus to work.
   • The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread.
   • There's not much food left. We'd better go to the shops.
   • The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.
   • Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life.
   • She left disappointed.
   • The accident left the car a heap of twisted metal.
   • Leave your hat in the hall.
   • We should leave the legal matters to lawyers.
   • I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the falling snow.
2. 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.
   • I left my car at home and took a bus to work.
   • The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread.
   • There's not much food left. We'd better go to the shops.
3. To cause, to result in.
   • The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.
   • Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life.
   • She left disappointed.
   • The accident left the car a heap of twisted metal.
4. To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
   • Leave your hat in the hall.
   • We should leave the legal matters to lawyers.
   • I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the falling snow.
5. To depart; to separate from. To let be or do without interference.
   • I left him to his reflections.
   • I leave my hearers to judge.
   • I'll leave it to you to decide.
   • His bow and arrow never leaves him.
   • I left the country and I left my wife.
   • I left the band.
   • I think you'd better leave.
6. To let be or do without interference.
   • I left him to his reflections.
   • I leave my hearers to judge.
   • I'll leave it to you to decide.
7. To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
   • His bow and arrow never leaves him.
   • I left the country and I left my wife.
8. To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
   • I left the band.
9. To die (the object denotes those affected by the death).
10. To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
    • I think you'd better leave.
11. To transfer something. To transfer possession of after death.
    • When my father died, he left me the house.
    • I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there.
    • Can't we just leave this to the experts?
12. To transfer possession of after death.
    • When my father died, he left me the house.
13. To intentionally place (something) to be received by another; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
    • I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there.
14. To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
    • Can't we just leave this to the experts?
15. To remain (behind); to stay.
16. To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).

Noun

1. The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
   • He made 45 leaves in his innings of 64.
2. 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).
3. The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.
   • I didn't score much, but LING was a good leave.

Noun

1. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
   • I've just been given three weeks' leave by my boss — I don't think I still have some leave owing to me.
2. Permission.
   • Might I beg leave to accompany you?
   • The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.
3. Farewell, departure.
   • I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.

Verb

1. To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

Verb

1. To produce leaves or foliage.

Verb

1. To raise; to levy.

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