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Definition and meaning of leave

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leave (n.)

1.a time period when you are not required to work"he requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral"

2.any authorization to pass or go somewhere"the pass to visit had a strict time limit"

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

4.permission to do something"she was granted leave to speak"

5.the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty"a ten day's leave to visit his mother"

6.approval to do something"he asked permission to leave"

7.time available for hobbies and other activities that you enjoy

leave (v. intr.)

1.leave"The family took off for Florida"

leave (v.)

1.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"

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

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

4.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"

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

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

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

8.transmit (knowledge or skills)"give a secret to the Russians" "leave your name and address here" "impart a new skill to the students"

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

10.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"

11.have as a result or residue"The water left a mark on the silk dress" "Her blood left a stain on the napkin"

12.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"

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

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

15.move away from a place into another direction"Go away before I start to cry" "The train departs at noon"

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Merriam Webster

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

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

An army strong she leaved. Spenser.

LeaveLeave, n. [OE. leve, leave, AS. leáf; akin to leóf pleasing, dear, E. lief, D. oorlof leave, G. arlaub, and erlauben to permit, Icel. leyfi. √124. See Lief.]
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 under French.

Syn. -- See Liberty.

LeaveLeave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Left (lĕft); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaving.] [OE. leven, AS. l�fan, fr. lāf remnant, heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain; cf. belīfan to remain, G. bleiben, Goth. bileiban. √119. 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. 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.

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.

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.

LeaveLeave (?), v. i.
1. To depart; to set out. [Colloq.]

By the time I left for Scotland. Carlyle.

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. Roscommon.

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50 Ways to Leave Your Lover • 50 ways to leave your lover • Administrative leave • All That You Can't Leave Behind • Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye • Always Leave the Ground • Annual leave • Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Led Zeppelin song) • Beaver Gets 'Spelled (Leave It to Beaver episode) • Bongo bongo bongo I don't want to leave the Congo • Can't Leave 'em Alone • Can't Leave Em Alone • Chengdu, Leave Me Alone Tonight • Christ taking leave of his Mother • Could I Ever Leave You? (Desperate Housewives episode) • Could I Leave You? • Don't Ever Leave Me • Don't Leave Home • Don't Leave Me • Don't Leave Me (B'z song) • Don't Leave Me Alone • Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy • Don't Leave Me Behind/Silent Stream • Don't Leave Me Lonely • Don't Leave Me Now • Don't Leave Me Now (Pink Floyd song) • Don't Leave Me This Way • Don’t Leave Home Without It (The Proud Family Episode) • Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator • Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) • Family Medical Leave Act • Family Scrapbook (Leave It to Beaver episode) • Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 • First to Leave • French Leave (de Larrabeiti) • French Leave (novel) • French leave (disambiguation) • Hell No (Leave Home) • I Don't Wanna Leave • I Will Never Leave You • I'll Leave This World Loving You • If Ever I Would Leave You • If You Ever Leave Me Standing • If You Leave • If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry • Indefinite leave to remain • It's Hard to Say Goodbye If You Won't Leave • It's a Small World (Leave It to Beaver episode) • LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! • Lead or Leave • Leave 'Em Laughing • Leave (Lula and Bela B. song) • Leave (U.S. military) • Leave (album) • Leave (disambiguation) • Leave (military) • Leave (song) • Leave Before the Lights Come On • Leave Britney Alone! • Leave Freeze or Die • Leave Her to Heaven • Leave Here A Stranger (Starflyer 59 album) • Leave Here a Stranger • Leave Home • Leave Home (The Chemical Brothers song) • Leave Home (Vindictives album) • Leave It • Leave It All Behind • Leave It All Behind (Foreign Exchange album) • Leave It All to Me • Leave It Alone • Leave It Alone (EP) • Leave It Alone (Living Colour song) • Leave It Alone (song) • Leave It On • Leave It Open • Leave It to Beaver • Leave It to Beaver (Veronica Mars) • Leave It to Beaver (disambiguation) • Leave It to Beaver (film) • Leave It to Beaver (season 1) • Leave It to Beaver (season 2) • Leave It to Beaver (season 3) • Leave It to Beaver (season 4) • Leave It to Beaver characters • Leave It to Binky • Leave It to Brak • Leave It to Chance • Leave It to Me • Leave It to Me (song) • Leave It to Me! • Leave It to the Girls • Leave Luck to Heaven • Leave Me Alone • Leave Me Alone (Hanna Pakarinen song) • Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely) • Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)/Dear Mr. President • Leave Me Alone (The Veronicas song) • Leave Me Alone (disambiguation) • Leave Me Alone (film) • Leave Me Alone short film • Leave Me Alone, I'm Lonely • Leave My Kitten Alone • Leave Myself Behind • Leave No Ashes • Leave No Child Behind • Leave No Trace • Leave Out All the Rest • Leave Right Now • Leave Scars • Leave The Memories Alone • Leave This World Behind • Leave Us Alone Coalition • Leave Us Kids Alone • Leave Your Light On • Leave a Light On • Leave a Mark • Leave a Message • Leave a Tender Moment Alone • Leave a Whisper • Leave and Earnings Statement • Leave in Silence • Leave of absence • Leave out All the Rest (CSI) • Leave the Light On • Leave the Light On (Beth Hart album) • Leave the Light On (Chris Smither album) • Leave the Light On (Jeff Bates album) • Leave the Light On (Lorrie Morgan album) • Leave the Pieces • Leave the Story Untold • Leave the gate as you found it • Leave to Remain • Leave to Remain (album) • Leave to enter • List of Leave It to Beaver cast members • List of Leave It to Beaver episodes • List of statutory minimum employment leave by country • Long Service Leave • Love 'Em and Leave 'Em • Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone • Love It or Leave Me • Love Me or Leave Me • Love Me or Leave Me (Doris Day album) • Love Me or Leave Me (The Gyrlz album) • Love Me or Leave Me (film) • Love Me or Leave Me (song) • Love or Leave • Maternity Leave (Lost episode) • Maternity Leave (Lost) • Men Don't Leave • Motion for leave • Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer • Never Gonna Leave Your Side • Never Leave Me • Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh) • Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 • Paid Family Leave (California) • Paid family leave • Paid parental leave • Parental leave • Please Don't Leave Me • Please Don't Leave Me (album) • Please Leave • Portable Long Service Leave • Rome Will Never Leave You • Seafarers' Annual Leave with Pay Convention, 1976 • See This Through and Leave • She Calls / Leave Them All Behind • She'll Leave You with a Smile • Shore Leave • Shore leave • Sick leave • Softly, as I Leave You (album) • Softly, as I Leave You (song) • Songs to Leave • Take It or Leave It • Take It or Leave It (The Rolling Stones song) • Take It or Leave It (film) • Take It or Leave It (game show) • Take It or Leave It (radio show) • Take Me Or Leave Me (2005 single) • Take a penny, leave a penny • Tek It Or Leave It • The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone • The New Leave It to Beaver • There Will Be No Leave Today • Things You Should Leave Alone • Those We Leave Behind • Time to Leave • To Leave or Die in Long Island • Tonight I Have to Leave It • We Couldn't Leave Dinah • We Leave at Dawn • What You Leave Behind • When Did You Leave Heaven • When I Leave Berlin • You Can Leave Your Hat On • You Can Leave, but It's Going to Cost You

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