Leave
[liːv] or [liv]
Definition
(noun.) permission to do something; 'she was granted leave to speak'.
(noun.) the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; 'a ten day's leave to visit his mother'.
(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'.
(verb.) be survived by after one's death; 'He left six children'; 'At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats'.
(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'.
(verb.) go away from a place; 'At what time does your train leave?'; 'She didn't leave until midnight'; 'The ship leaves at midnight'.
(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'.
(verb.) have as a result or residue; 'The water left a mark on the silk dress'; 'Her blood left a stain on the napkin'.
(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' .
(verb.) act or be so as to become in a specified state; 'The inflation left them penniless'; 'The president's remarks left us speechless'.
(verb.) have left or have as a remainder; 'That left the four of us'; '19 minus 8 leaves 11'.
Edited by Glenn--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.
(v. t.) To raise; to levy.
(n.) Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.
(n.) 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.
(v.) To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house.
(v.) To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.
(v.) To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.
(v.) To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.
(v.) To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge.
(v.) 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.
(v.) 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.
(v. i.) To depart; to set out.
(v. i.) To cease; to desist; to leave off.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Permission, liberty, allowance, license.[2]. Withdrawal, retirement, departure.
v. a. [1]. Quit, vacate, withdraw from, depart from, go away from, retire from, get away from.[2]. Abandon, forsake, desert, relinquish, renounce, put aside, lay aside, give up, give over.[3]. Let alone, let be, suffer to remain undisturbed, forbear to meddle with.[4]. Commit, consign, refer.[5]. Stop, forbear, cease from, desist from, refrain from, leave off, break off, make an end of.[6]. Permit, allow, let, give leave, give permission.[7]. Bequeath, demise, devise, will, give by will.
v. n. Desist, stop, cease, forbear, leave off.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ABANDON_and_BEQUEATH]
SYN:Liberty, permission, license, concession
ANT:Restriction, prohibition, prevention, inhibition, refusal
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Definition
n. permission: liberty granted: formal parting of friends: farewell.
v.i. to put out leaves.—adj. Leaved furnished with leaves: made with folds.
v.t. (Spens.) to levy to raise.
v.t. to allow to remain: to abandon resign: to quit or depart from: to have remaining at death: to bequeath: to refer for decision.—v.i. to desist: to cease: to depart:—pr.p. leav′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. left.—Leave alone to let remain undisturbed; Leave in the dark to conceal information from; Leave off to desist to terminate: to give up using; Leave out to omit.—Get left (coll.) to be beaten or left behind; Take French leave (see French); Take leave to assume permission: to part say farewell.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of leaves, denotes happiness and wonderful improvement in your business. Withered leaves, indicate false hopes and gloomy forebodings will harass your spirit into a whirlpool of despondency and loss. If a young woman dreams of withered leaves, she will be left lonely on the road to conjugality. Death is sometimes implied. If the leaves are green and fresh, she will come into a legacy and marry a wealthy and prepossessing husband.
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Examples
- Well, you're not geese, you're swans--anything you like, only do, do leave Miss Sedley alone. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I counted a' th' clocks in the town striking afore I'd leave my work. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I wish to leave the poor girls some little independence, as well as a good name. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You would compare them, I said, to those invalids who, having no self-restraint, will not leave off their habits of intemperance? Plato. The Republic.
- So we were left to take leave of one another without any restraint. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I think it would be advisable in making the change to leave Hancock where he is until Warren passes him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Paul; they are too hideous: but if you admire themallow me to vacate my seat and leave you to their contemplation. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- During the day Meade assaulted and carried one more redan to his right and two to his left. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The latter peculiarity took the form of a dislike to being left alone, especially after dark. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You passed out quickly into the passage, and left the door open. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Betteredge's last-left scruples vanished at that. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His mother left the room; then, moved by insupportable regret, I just murmured the words Dr. Bretton. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I bowed, and left Betteredge to show him to his room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- By no means, Alexandros; for by so doing we would close up the only avenue of escape left to us. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Don't be uneasy if I am a little late--I must be careful not to give offence by leaving them too soon. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Before leaving this period of his career, it is to be noted that it gave Edison many favorable opportunities. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- General Sherman, leaving a force to hold Atlanta, with the remainder of his army fell upon him and drove him to Gadsden, Alabama. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Bennet accepted the challenge, observing that he acted very wisely in leaving the girls to their own trifling amusements. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I made the first civil excuse that occurred to me for leaving Mr. Gilmore, and returned at once to the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I have no doubt that their leaving was at the earnest solicitation of the War Department. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He muttered something about leaving unexpectedly, in a great hurry, and having intended to write to her from St. Augustine. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Amy stood a minute, turning the leaves in her hand, reading on each some sweet rebuke for all heartburnings and uncharitableness of spirit. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- An inking roller, charged with an oily ink, is then passed over the stone and inks the drawing, but leaves all the other parts of the stone quite clean. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- There were villas with iron fences and big overgrown gardens and ditches with water flowing and green vegetable gardens with dust on the leaves. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Inasmuch as the nitrogen of liquid air evaporates first, and leaves nearly pure liquid oxygen, it may also be employed as a means for producing and applying oxygen. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Jarndyce in question, said the Lord Chancellor, still turning over leaves, is Jarndyce of Bleak House. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If she leaves no children---- Which she is likely to do? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The kernels were in the milk and the leaves were entirely green. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Editor: Theresa