leave

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To have a consequence or remnant.

   • I left my car at home and took a bus to work.
   • The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread.
   • There's not much food left. We'd better go to the shops.
2. 2

   To depart

   To depart; to separate from.

   • I left the country and I left my wife.
   • I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
3. 3

   To transfer something.

   • When my father died, he left me the house.
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   1. 4

      To remain (behind)

      To remain (behind); to stay.

   2. 5

      To stop, desist from

      To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).

      • When he had leeft speakynge, he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nette to make a draught.
      • I will learn to leave these fruitless tears …
      • Now leave Complaining, and begin your Tea.
   3. 6

      The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.

      • He made 45 leaves in his innings of 64.
   4. 7

      The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines…

      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).

   5. 8

      The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.

      • I didn't score much, but LING was a good leave.
   6. 9

      Permission to be absent

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

      • I've just been given three weeks' leave by my boss — I don't think I still have some leave owing to me.
   7. 10

      Permission.

      • Might I beg leave to accompany you?
      • The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.
      • Since I have your good leave to go away, / I will make haste: but, till I come again, / No bed shall e'er be guilty of my stay, / Nor rest be interposer 'twixt us twain.
   8. 11

      Farewell, departure.

      • I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.
   9. 12

      To give leave to

      To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

   10. 13

       To produce leaves or foliage.

       • Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say: Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?
   11. 14

       To raise

       To raise; to levy.

       • […]au^([sic – meaning an]) army ſtrong ſhe leau'd,[…]

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