Lexic.us

Definition of Leave

1. Noun. The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty. "A ten day's leave to visit his mother"

2. Verb. Go away from a place. "John will leave angry"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

3. Noun. Permission to do something. "She was granted leave to speak"

4. Verb. Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness. "They leave the money in the closet"; "She wept thinking she had been left behind"

5. Noun. The act of departing politely. "Parting is such sweet sorrow"

6. Verb. Act or be so as to become in a specified state. "The president's remarks left us speechless"

7. Verb. Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking. "Leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

8. Verb. Move out of or depart from. "The men leave the boat "; "The fugitive has left the country"

9. Verb. Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain. "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"

10. Verb. Have as a result or residue. "Her blood left a stain on the napkin"

11. Verb. Remove oneself from an association with or participation in. "They leave the countryside"; "After 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

12. Verb. Put into the care or protection of someone. "They leave them the money"; "Leave your child the nurse's care"

13. Verb. Leave or give by will after one's death. "They leave them the money"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"

14. Verb. Have left or have as a remainder. "19 minus 8 leaves 11"

15. Verb. Be survived by after one's death. "Sam cannot leave Sue "; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"

16. Verb. Transmit (knowledge or skills). "They won't leave the story "; "Impart a new skill to the students"

17. Verb. Leave behind unintentionally. "They leave the money in the closet"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"

Definition of Leave

1. v. i. To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

2. v. t. To raise; to levy.

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

4. v. t. To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house.

5. v. i. To depart; to set out.

Definition of Leave

1. Verb. (transitive) 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. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To transfer possession of after death. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project). ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund). ¹

10. Noun. (cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball. ¹

11. Noun. (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). ¹

12. Noun. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work. ¹

13. Noun. (dated or legal) Permission. ¹

14. Noun. (dated) Farewell, departure. ¹

15. Verb. (transitive) To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant. ¹

16. Verb. (intransitive rare) To produce leaves or foliage.''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Leave

1. to go away from [v LEFT, LEAVING, LEAVES]

Medical Definition of Leave

1. To send out leaves; to leaf; often with out. Origin: Leaved; Leaving. 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 French. Synonym: See Liberty. Origin: OE. Leve, leave, AS. Leaf; akin to leof pleasing, dear, E. Lief, D. Oorlof leave, G. Arlaub, and erlauben to permit, Icel. Leyfi. See Lief. 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. To leave in solitude. To desist or refrain from having to do with; as, to leave dangerous chemicals alone. To leave off. To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as, to leave off work at six o'clock. To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual position; as, to leave off a garment; to leave off the tablecloth. 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). Synonym: To quit, depart from, forsake, abandon, relinquish, deliver, bequeath, give up, forego, resign, surrender, forbear. See Quit. Origin: OE. Leven, AS. Lfan, fr. Laf remnant, heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig, to remain; cf. Belifan to remain, G. Bleiben, Goth. Bileiban. See Live. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leave

leatherworker leatherworkers leatherworking leatherworks leathery leathery grape fern leathery jacket leathery jackets leathery polypody leathery turtle

leats leatwright leatwrights leaue leavable leave (current term) leave-taking leave alone leave behind leave everything on the road

leave for dead leave me alone leave no stone unturned leave nothing in the tank leave nothing to the imagination leave of absence leave off leave office leave one's options open leave out

Literary usage of Leave

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... voluntarily engaged to me, not to leave the place without my con- fent. ... to mew his.concern for them, went to work immediately, and with my leave, ..."

2. The Pilgrim's Progress:: From this World to that which is to Come. by John Bunyan (1838)
"Chr. That I doubt; for to leave all is a very hard matter; yea, a harder matter ... But I think of them, and leave all for them. Chr. The wise man says, ..."

3. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
""Oh! leave me, I beg of you?" The look of utter confusion in her face made him pause. ... "leave me in the name of Heaven, for mercy's sake! ..."

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