Leave

/ˈliːv/ · verb

Meaning

To have a consequence or remnant..

Definitions by Sense

1. To have a consequence or remnant.
2. To depart; to separate from.
3. To transfer something.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay.
5. (transitive, archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
6. (cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
7. (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).
8. (Scrabble) The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.

Example Sentences

I left the country and I left my wife.

I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.

And whanne sire launcelot sawe them fare soo / he gat a spere in his hand / and there encountred with hym al attones syr bors sir Ector and sire Lyonel / and alle they thre smote hym atte ones with their speres /[…]/ and by mysfortune sir bors smote syre launcelot thurgh the shelde in to the syde / and the spere brake / and the hede lefte stylle in his syde

Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

When he had leeft speakynge, he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nette to make a draught.

I will learn to leave these fruitless tears …

Now leave Complaining, and begin your Tea.

He made 45 leaves in his innings of 64.

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• leaves
• leaving
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• leavest
• leftest
• leaveth
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