Leave

[liːv] or [liv]

Definition

(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'.

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

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

(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'.

(verb.) have as a result or residue; 'The water left a mark on the silk dress'; 'Her blood left a stain on the napkin'.

(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' .

(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.) have left or have as a remainder; 'That left the four of us'; '19 minus 8 leaves 11'.

Edited by Glenn--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

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

(v.) To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.

(v.) 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.

Checked by Cathy

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Permission, liberty, allowance, license.[2]. Withdrawal, retirement, departure.

v. a. [1]. Quit, vacate, withdraw from, depart from, go away from, retire from, get away from.[2]. Abandon, forsake, desert, relinquish, renounce, put aside, lay aside, give up, give over.[3]. Let alone, let be, suffer to remain undisturbed, forbear to meddle with.[4]. Commit, consign, refer.[5]. Stop, forbear, cease from, desist from, refrain from, leave off, break off, make an end of.[6]. Permit, allow, let, give leave, give permission.[7]. Bequeath, demise, devise, will, give by will.

v. n. Desist, stop, cease, forbear, leave off.

Typed by Carla

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See ABANDON_and_BEQUEATH]

SYN:Liberty, permission, license, concession

ANT:Restriction, prohibition, prevention, inhibition, refusal

Typed by Laverne

Definition

n. permission: liberty granted: formal parting of friends: farewell.

v.i. to put out leaves.—adj. Leaved furnished with leaves: made with folds.

v.t. (Spens.) to levy to raise.

v.t. to allow to remain: to abandon resign: to quit or depart from: to have remaining at death: to bequeath: to refer for decision.—v.i. to desist: to cease: to depart:—pr.p. leav′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. left.—Leave alone to let remain undisturbed; Leave in the dark to conceal information from; Leave off to desist to terminate: to give up using; Leave out to omit.—Get left (coll.) to be beaten or left behind; Take French leave (see French); Take leave to assume permission: to part say farewell.

Inputed by Katherine

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of leaves, denotes happiness and wonderful improvement in your business. Withered leaves, indicate false hopes and gloomy forebodings will harass your spirit into a whirlpool of despondency and loss. If a young woman dreams of withered leaves, she will be left lonely on the road to conjugality. Death is sometimes implied. If the leaves are green and fresh, she will come into a legacy and marry a wealthy and prepossessing husband.

Edited by Angelina

Examples

Editor: Theresa

About(关于我们)|Sitemap(网站地图)

Copyright © 2018 EnMama.net. All rights reserved.