leave

[leave]

To leave is to go away or exit. You can leave the country, the house, or a job.

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To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

Noun
the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"

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"

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be survived by after one''s death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"

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leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"

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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"

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go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn''t leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

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move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

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leave or give by will after one''s death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"

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tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"

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put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse''s care"

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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"

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result in; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin"

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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

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act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president''s remarks left us speechless"

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have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11"

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.

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To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.

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To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.

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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.

Leave

Leave , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaving] To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out. G. Fletcher.

Leave

Leave, v. t. [See Levy.] To raise; to levy. [Obs.]

An army strong she leaved.

Leave

Leave, n. [OE. leve, leave, AS. le'a0f; akin to le'a2f pleasing, dear, E. lief, D. oorlof leave, G. arlaub, and erlauben to permit, Icel. leyfi. See Lief.] 1. Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.

David earnestly asked leave of me.

No friend has leave to bear away the dead.

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.

And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren.

French leave. See under French. Syn. -- See Liberty.

Leave

Leave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Left ; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaving.] [OE. leven, AS. lfan, fr. l'bef remnant, heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain; cf. bel'c6fan to remain, G. bleiben, Goth. bileiban. . See 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.

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 ?

These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be said than is expressed.

3. To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.

Now leave complaining and begin your tea.

4. To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.

Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

The heresies that men do leave.

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.

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.

The foot That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.

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

Leave , v. i. 1. To depart; to set out. [Colloq.]

By the time I left for Scotland.

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.

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

To raise; to levy.

Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.

To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house.

To depart; to set out.

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Usage Examples

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.

'The Christmas Song,' by Nat King Cole, is not only a masterful performance to me it just sounds like the holidays. I've never sung it, because Nat's version is so perfect. I gotta leave it alone.

'Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era,' the Whitney Museum's 40th-anniversary trip down counterculture memory lane, provides moments of buzzy fun, but it'll leave you only comfortably numb. For starters, it may be the whitest, straightest, most conservative show seen in a New York museum since psychedelia was new.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves we must die to one life before we can enter another.

51st State was one that I loved doing because the character was so out there, and in a way I was sad to leave the character behind. I'm afraid I could never be that cool in real life!

All artists are people of growth. It's like food, you take the good and leave the rest.

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Other Usage Examples

A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.

All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.

Also, because people like to multitask, in a way if you've got a bit of music on in the background and the lyrical content is making you want to listen to it, then that would probably put you off the texting you wanted to do. I think people like things that just make that right kind of noise, but leave your brain free to do something else.

'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.

A guy as great as Brett Favre has been for the length of time he's been, you would hope that he would be able to leave the game with a positive flavor in his mouth.

Absolutely the worst thing about this job is the travel and being away from family. I have a wife and three wonderful children, the kids are all active in sports and it's very difficult to up and leave and miss them growing up.

"These days the technology can solve our problems and then some. Solutions may not only erase physical or mental deficits but leave patients better off than ""able-bodied"" folks. The person who has a disability today may have a superability tomorrow."