'Leave' definitions:
Definition of 'leave'
From: WordNet
noun
The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" [syn: leave, leave of absence]
noun
Permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak"
noun
The act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn: farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting]
verb
Go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" [syn: leave, go forth, go away] [ant: arrive, come, get]
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
Act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless"
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" [syn: leave, leave alone, leave behind]
verb
Move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" [syn: exit, go out, get out, leave] [ant: come in, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into]
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" [syn: leave, allow for, allow, provide]
verb
Have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" [syn: leave, result, lead]
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" [syn: leave, depart, pull up stakes]
verb
Put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care" [syn: entrust, leave]
verb
Leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" [syn: bequeath, will, leave] [ant: disinherit, disown]
verb
Have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11"
verb
Be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats" [syn: leave, leave behind]
verb
Transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" [syn: impart, leave, give, pass on]
verb
Leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" [syn: forget, leave]
Definition of 'Leave'
From: GCIDE
- Leave \Leave\, v. i.
- 1. To depart; to set out. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- By the time I left for Scotland. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cease; to desist; to leave off. "He . . . began at the eldest, and left at the youngest." --Gen. xliv. 12. [1913 Webster]
- To leave off, to cease; to desist; to stop. [1913 Webster]
- Leave off, and for another summons wait. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Leave'
From: GCIDE
- Leave \Leave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Left (l[e^]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaving.] [OE. leven, AS. l?fan, fr. l[=a]f remnant, heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain; cf. bel[imac]fan to remain, G. bleiben, Goth. bileiban. [root]119. See Live, v.]
- 1. To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house. [1913 Webster]
- Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. --Gen. ii. 24. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed. [1913 Webster]
- If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes ? --Jer. xlix. 9. [1913 Webster]
- These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. --Matt. xxiii. 23. [1913 Webster]
- Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be said than is expressed. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. [1913 Webster]
- Now leave complaining and begin your tea. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish. [1913 Webster]
- Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. --Mark x. 28. [1913 Webster]
- The heresies that men do leave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge. [1913 Webster]
- I will leave you now to your gossiplike humor. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way. --Matt. v. 24. [1913 Webster]
- The foot That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 8. to cause to be; -- followed by an adjective or adverb describing a state or condition; as, the losses due to fire leave me penniless; The cost of defending himself left Bill Clinton with a mountain of lawyers' bills. [WordNet 1.5]
- 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: Syn>- To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon; relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up; forego; resign; surrender; forbear. See Quit. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Leave'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Leave'
From: GCIDE
- Leave \Leave\, v. t. [See Levy.] To raise; to levy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- An army strong she leaved. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Leave'
From: GCIDE
- Leave \Leave\, n. [OE. leve, leave, AS. le['a]f; akin to le['o]f pleasing, dear, E. lief, D. oorlof leave, G. arlaub, and erlauben to permit, Icel. leyfi. [root]124. See Lief.]
- 1. Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license. [1913 Webster]
- David earnestly asked leave of me. --1 Sam. xx. 6. [1913 Webster]
- No friend has leave to bear away the dead. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A double blessing is a'double grace; Occasion smiles upon a second leave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren. --Acts xviii. 18. [1913 Webster]
- French leave. See under French.
- Syn: See Liberty. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'leave'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abdicate,
- abrupt,
- abscondence,
- absence,
- absence without leave,
- absentation,
- absenteeism,
- absenting,
- abstain from,
- accord,
- add a codicil,
- adieu,
- admission,
- admit,
- alienate,
- allow,
- allowance,
- aloha,
- assign,
- authorization,
- AWOL,
- back out,
- bar,
- be getting along,
- be gone,
- be off,
- be pensioned,
- be superannuated,
- beat it,
- beg off,
- bequeath,
- bereave,
- bud,
- burgeon,
- burst forth,
- buzz off,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- cease,
- cede,
- charter,
- check out,
- come away,
- commit,
- conge,
- consent,
- consign,
- count out,
- cry off,
- cut,
- cut adrift,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- day off,
- decamp,
- default,
- delete,
- demise,
- demit,
- depart,
- depart from,
- departure,
- desert,
- desist,
- deviate from,
- devise,
- disappear,
- disappearance,
- disarticulate,
- discard,
- disconnect,
- discontinue,
- disengage,
- disjoin,
- disjoint,
- dispensation,
- dispense,
- disregard,
- dissociate,
- disunite,
- divide,
- divorce,
- doch-an-dorrach,
- drop out,
- eject,
- eliminate,
- entail,
- entrust,
- escape,
- estrange,
- evacuate,
- except,
- exclude,
- excused absence,
- execute a will,
- exit,
- expel,
- farewell,
- fleeing,
- flit,
- flourish,
- fly,
- forbear,
- forget,
- forsake,
- freedom,
- French leave,
- furlough,
- gang along,
- gemmate,
- germinate,
- get along,
- get away,
- get off,
- get on,
- get under way,
- give,
- give leave,
- give over,
- give permission,
- give the go-ahead,
- give the word,
- give up,
- go,
- go along,
- go away,
- go back on,
- go off,
- go on,
- Godspeed,
- goldbrick,
- good-bye,
- goof off,
- grant,
- grow,
- grow rank,
- hand down,
- hand on,
- holiday,
- hooky,
- ignore,
- isolate,
- jettison,
- jilt,
- jump,
- leaf,
- leaf out,
- leave behind,
- leave flat,
- leave loose ends,
- leave of absence,
- leave off,
- leave out,
- leave over,
- leave undone,
- leave-taking,
- leaving,
- let,
- let alone,
- let be,
- let dangle,
- let go,
- liberty,
- license,
- lose,
- luxuriate,
- make,
- make a bequest,
- make a will,
- make an exit,
- make possible,
- malinger,
- march off,
- maroon,
- mislay,
- miss,
- mosey,
- move away,
- move off,
- move out,
- neglect,
- nonappearance,
- nonattendance,
- OK,
- okay,
- omit,
- orphan,
- overgrow,
- overrun,
- paid holiday,
- paid vacation,
- part,
- parting,
- parting words,
- pass on,
- pass over,
- pass up,
- patent,
- pension off,
- permission,
- permission to enter,
- permit,
- pretermit,
- procrastinate,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pull out,
- pull up stakes,
- pullulate,
- push off,
- put forth,
- put forth leaves,
- put out buds,
- quit,
- quit cold,
- recess,
- refrain from,
- reject,
- release,
- relinquish,
- render,
- renege,
- renounce,
- renounce the throne,
- resign,
- retire,
- retire from office,
- retreat,
- riot,
- root,
- run,
- run off,
- running away,
- sabbatical,
- sabbatical leave,
- sabbatical year,
- sanction,
- sashay,
- sashay off,
- say goodbye to,
- say the word,
- scram,
- segregate,
- send-off,
- separate,
- sequester,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- set off,
- shirk,
- shoot,
- shoot up,
- shore leave,
- shove off,
- shut off,
- sick leave,
- skedaddle,
- skip,
- slack,
- special permission,
- split,
- sprout,
- sprout up,
- stagger along,
- stand aloof,
- stand apart,
- stand aside,
- stand down,
- step aside,
- stirrup cup,
- stop,
- strike root,
- subtract,
- superannuate,
- take flight,
- take leave of,
- take off,
- take root,
- take wing,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- throw over,
- ticket,
- ticket of admission,
- time off,
- toddle along,
- transfer,
- transmit,
- trifle,
- truancy,
- truantism,
- uncouple,
- unexcused absence,
- unyoke,
- up and go,
- up-anchor,
- upspear,
- upsprout,
- vacate,
- vacation,
- valediction,
- valedictorian,
- valedictory,
- valedictory address,
- vamoose,
- vegetate,
- viaticum,
- vouchsafe,
- vouchsafement,
- waiver,
- weekend,
- widow,
- will,
- will and bequeath,
- will to,
- wing it,
- withdraw,
- withdraw from,
- yield
Words containing 'Leave'
- Leaved,
- Leaves,
- Leaving,
- Leavings,
- To leave off,
- To leave out,
- leave off,
- leave out,
- leaving out,
- French leave,
- Leaves of proposition,
- Premorse leaves,
- Tern leaves,
- Ticket of leave,
- To leave alone,
- To leave one to himself,
- To take leave,
- Vertical leaves,
- Way leave,
- beg leave,
- compassionate leave,
- leave alone,
- leave behind,
- leave of absence,
- leave office,
- leave word,
- sabbatical leave,
- shore leave,
- sick leave,
- take leave,
- terminal leave,
- Broad-leaved,
- Five-leaved,
- Leave-taking,
- Three-leaved,
- To leave no stone unturned,
- To leave one in the lurch,
- To leave one out in the cold,
- To leave to one's self,
- Wing-leaved,
- absence without leave,
- arrow leaved aster,
- broad leaved centaury,
- broad leaved goldenrod,
- curly-leaved,
- fan-leaved,
- fine-leaved,
- grassy-leaved,
- large-leaved,
- leather-leaved,
- leave no stone unturned,
- pinnate-leaved,
- prickly-leaved,
- silky-leaved,
- silver-leaved,
- silvery-leaved,
- spiny-leaved,
- stuffed grape leaves,
- ticket-of-leave,
- two-leaved,
- Ash-leaved walnut,
- Holly-leaved oak,
- Three-leaved nightshade,
- alder-leaved serviceberry,
- almond-leaves willow,
- ash-leaved maple,
- bay-leaved caper,
- broad-leaved bottletree,
- broad-leaved dock,
- broad-leaved montia,
- broad-leaved plantain,
- broad-leaved twayblade,
- celery-leaved buttercup,
- cross-leaved heath,
- dense-leaved elodea,
- fine-leaved heath,
- great-leaved macrophylla,
- heart-leaved aster,
- holly-leaved cherry,
- holly-leaves barberry,
- ivy-leaved geranium,
- large-leaved aster,
- large-leaved magnolia,
- leave well enough alone,
- maple-leaved bayur,
- narrow-leaved bottletree,
- narrow-leaved plantain,
- narrow-leaved reedmace,
- narrow-leaved spleenwort,
- nettle-leaved bellflower,
- nettle-leaved goosefoot,
- oak-leaved goosefoot,
- parsley-leaved thorn,
- peach-leaved willow,
- plantain-leaved pussytoes,
- rough-leaved aster,
- rush-leaved daffodil,
- silver-leaved nettle,
- silver-leaved nightshade,
- silver-leaved poplar,
- small-leaved lime,
- small-leaved linden,
- smooth-leaved elm,
- tansy-leaved rocket,
- thin-leaved bilberry,
- thin-leaved stringybark,
- thyme-leaved sandwort,
- thyme-leaved speedwell,
- variously-leaved pondweed,
- wavy-leaved aster,
- white-leaved rockrose,
- broad-leaved everlasting pea,
- daisy-leaved grape fern,
- grass-leaved golden aster,
- large-leaved cucumber tree,
- narrow-leaved everlasting pea,
- narrow-leaved flame flower,
- narrow-leaved strap fern,
- narrow-leaved water plantain,
- nut-leaved screw tree,
- ribbon-leaved water plantain,
- round-leaved rein orchid,
- narrow-leaved white-topped aster,
- involute rolled esp of petals or leaves in bud having margins rolled inward