leave
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Scrabble
ball-games
billiards
board-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From Middle English leven, from Old English lǣfan (“to leave”), from Proto-West Germanic *laibijan, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to let stay, leave”), causative of *lībaną (“to stay, remain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat”).
Cognate with Old Frisian lēva (“to leave”), dialectal Dutch loven (“to have left over, save, keep”), Old Saxon lēvian, Old High German leiban (“to leave”), Old Norse leifa (“to leave over”) (whence Icelandic leifa (“to leave food uneaten”), Swedish leva (“to leave”)), lifna (“to be left”) (whence Danish levne). More at lave, belive.
The noun is attested since the 19th century, with earliest references to billiards.
Inflected forms:
form: leaves
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: leaving
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: left
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: left
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: leave
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: leave
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: left
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: leave
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: leavest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: left
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: leftest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: leaves
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: leaveth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: left
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: leave
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: left
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: leave
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: left
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: leave
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: leaving
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: left
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: leaves
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To have a consequence or remnant.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]. The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation,[…]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.
gloss: To have a consequence or remnant.
pos: verb
tags: copulative
intransitive
transitive
examples: The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.
Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life.
She left disappointed.
The accident left the car a heap of twisted metal.
There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up[…].”
The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.
[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.
gloss: To have a consequence or remnant.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Leave your hat in the hall.
We should leave the legal matters to lawyers.
I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the falling snow.
Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way.
The foot / That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.
gloss: To depart; to separate from.
pos: verb
examples: 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.
gloss: To depart; to separate from.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I left him to his reflections.
I leave my hearers to judge.
I'll leave it to you to decide.
gloss: To depart; to separate from.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To depart; to separate from.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 2018, The Independent, "Brexit: Theresa May 'not bluffing' in threat to leave EU without a deal, Tory minister Liam Fox says"
If we were to leave, the economic impact on a number of European countries would be severe.
I left the band.
gloss: To depart; to separate from.
pos: verb
tags: euphemistic
transitive
examples: The other evening Sheri called to tell me that Connie had left us, and that I will never again be able to hold my pot luck supper plate on my knee and listen to Connie's wonderful talk or see her slow, almost impish smile.
gloss: To depart; to separate from.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I think you'd better leave.
gloss: To transfer something.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: When my father died, he left me the house.
gloss: To transfer something.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there.
gloss: To transfer something.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Can't we just leave this to the experts?
gloss: To remain (behind); to stay.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: And whanne sire launcelot sawe them fare soo / he gat a spere in his hand / and there encountred with hym al attones syr bors sir Ector and sire Lyonel / and alle they thre smote hym atte ones with their speres /[…]/ and by mysfortune sir bors smote syre launcelot thurgh the shelde in to the syde / and the spere brake / and the hede lefte stylle in his syde
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
gloss: To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
pos: noun
examples: He made 45 leaves in his innings of 64.
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
examples: Having counted 38 points he tried a beautiful massé out of the corner, hit the first ball just a trifle too hard and kissed his own ball off just when victory seemed to be his. The leave was unfortunate for Ives. Slosson played brilliantly and ran the game out, a close winner, with 22 points.
gloss: The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.
pos: noun
examples: I didn't score much, but LING was a good leave.
Synonyms: beat it
bug off
remove
bugger off
book
bounce
buzz off
chuck
cut one's stick
dash
depart
duck out
exit
get away
get out
go
go away
go out
GTFO
leave
make tracks
move on
namous
part
piss off
pull up stakes
put out
start
start out
set forth
set off
set out
run along
sling one's hook
split
take off
take leave
take one's leave
take wing
quit
Antonyms: kick out
remain
reside
sojourn
tarry
Derived words: beleave
be left holding the baby
be left kicking
eat and leave no crumbs
forleave
I have to love you and leave you
I'll leave it up to you
leavable
leave alone
leave a lot to be desired
leave a mark
leave aside
leave a sour taste in one's mouth
leave at the door
leave be
leave behind
leavee
leave for dead
leave for dust
leave home
leave-in
leave it all on the field
leave it all out there
leave it alone
leave it at that
leave it be
leave it out
leave little to the imagination
leave me alone
leave much to be desired
leave no crumbs
leave no stone unturned
leave nothing in the tank
leave nothing to the imagination
leave no trace
leave off
leave on
leave-one-out
leave one's mark
leave one's options open
leave one's stamp
leave on the table
leave out
leave over
Leaver
leaver
leave someone at the altar
leave someone be
leave someone cold
leave someone hanging
leave someone high and dry
leave someone holding the baby
leave someone holding the bag
leave someone in the dust
leave someone in the lurch
leave someone no choice
leave someone on read
leave someone on seen
leave someone out in the cold
leave someone to their fate
leave someone to their own devices
leave something to be desired
leave the ball in someone's court
leave the chat
leave the door open
leave the nest
leave things alone
leave things be
leave to chance
leave to one's own devices
leave to the imagination
leave well alone
leave well enough alone
leave with the one that brought ya
leave with the one that brung ya
leave with the one that brung you
leave with the one what brought ya
leave with the one what brought you
leave with the one what brung ya
leave with the one what brung you
leave with the one who brought ya
leave with the one who brought you
leave with the one who brung ya
leave with the one who brung you
left in the lurch
left luggage
like it or leave it
make like a tree and leave
not leave a stone unturned
not leave one's thought
not leave one's thoughts
overleave
take it or leave it
that train has already left the station
that train has left the station
up and leave
who died and left you in charge
Translations:
lang: Afar
word: cabe
lang: Afrikaans
word: gaan vertrek
lang: Albanian
word: Ik
lang: Arabic
word: تَرَكَ
roman: taraka
lang: Arabic
word: غَادَرَ
roman: ḡādara
lang: Arabic
word: اِنْصَرَفَ
roman: inṣarafa
lang: Arabic
word: مشى
roman: mashaa
lang: Arabic
word: راح
roman: rāḥ
lang: Arabic
word: مشي
roman: miši
lang: Arabic
word: طِلِع
roman: ṭiliʕ
lang: 'Are'are
word: tahi
lang: Armenian
word: հեռանալ
roman: heṙanal
lang: Armenian
word: գնալ
roman: gnal
lang: Armenian
word: մեկնել
roman: meknel
lang: Aromanian
word: plec
lang: Asturian
word: marchar
lang: Bashkir
word: китеү
roman: kitew
lang: Basque
word: utzi
lang: Belarusian
word: адхо́дзіць
roman: adxódzicʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: адысці́
roman: adyscí
lang: Belarusian
word: ад'язджа́ць
roman: adʺjazdžácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: ад'е́хаць
roman: adʺjéxacʹ
lang: Bislama
word: lego
lang: Bulgarian
word: тръгвам
roman: trǎgvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: тръгна
roman: trǎgna
lang: Bulgarian
word: замина́вам
roman: zaminávam
lang: Bulgarian
word: зами́на
roman: zamína
lang: Catalan
word: sortir
lang: Catalan
word: partir
lang: Catalan
word: marxar
lang: Chichewa
word: kupita
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 離開 /离开
roman: líkāi
lang: Chuukese
word: feino
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: uroha
lang: Danish
word: gå
lang: Dutch
word: weggaan
lang: Dutch
word: vertrekken
lang: Esperanto
word: foriri
lang: Estonian
word: lahkuma
lang: Farefare
word: we
lang: Faroese
word: fara avstað
lang: Finnish
word: lähteä
lang: French
word: partir
lang: Friulian
word: partî
lang: Galician
word: largar
lang: Galician
word: marchar
lang: Galician
word: liscar
lang: Galician
word: partir
lang: German
word: weggehen
lang: German
word: fortgehen
lang: German
word: wegfahren
lang: German
word: fortfahren
lang: Greek
word: φεύγω
roman: févgo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: λείπω
roman: leípō
lang: Hebrew
word: עזב
roman: azáv
lang: Hindi
word: चला जाना
roman: calā jānā
lang: Hindi
word: रवाना
roman: ravānā
lang: Hungarian
word: indul
lang: Hungarian
word: elindul
lang: Hungarian
word: elutazik
lang: Hungarian
word: elmegy
lang: Icelandic
word: fara
lang: Ido
word: livar
lang: Indonesian
word: berangkat
lang: Irish
word: fág
lang: Irish
word: imigh
lang: Italian
word: partire
lang: Italian
word: andarsene
lang: Japanese
word: 出発する
roman: shuppatsu-suru
lang: Japanese
word: 去る
roman: saru
lang: Khmer
word: ចេញ
roman: cəñ
lang: Kilivila
word: -la-
lang: Korean
word: 떠나다
roman: tteonada
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кетүү
roman: ketüü
lang: Lao
word: ຈາກ
roman: chāk
lang: Latin
word: exeō
lang: Latin
word: abeo
lang: Latin
word: abambulo
lang: Latin
word: decedo
lang: Latin
word: discedo
lang: Latin
word: proficiscor
lang: Latin
word: egredior
lang: Latin
word: descisco
lang: Latvian
word: pamest
lang: Lutuv
word: pya
lang: Māori
word: ngawīi
lang: Māori
word: wehe atu
lang: Māori
word: haere atu
lang: Marathi
word: निघणे
roman: nighṇe
lang: Nahuatl
word: itopanecauiloc
lang: Nepali
word: जानु
roman: jānu
lang: Norwegian
word: forlate
lang: Occitan
word: partir
lang: Old English
word: forlǣtan
lang: Old Saxon
word: farlēƀian
lang: Persian
word: رفتن
roman: raftan
lang: Polish
word: odchodzić
lang: Polish
word: odejść
lang: Portuguese
word: partir
lang: Portuguese
word: ir embora
lang: Quechua
word: yarquy
lang: Romanian
word: pleca
lang: Romansh
word: partir
lang: Romansh
word: parteir
lang: Russian
word: уходи́ть
roman: uxodítʹ
lang: Russian
word: уйти́
roman: ujtí
lang: Russian
word: уезжа́ть
roman: ujezžátʹ
lang: Russian
word: уе́хать
roman: ujéxatʹ
lang: Saho
word: xabe
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fàg
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: falbh
lang: Slovene
word: oditi
lang: Somali
word: tago
lang: Spanish
word: partir
lang: Spanish
word: irse
lang: Spanish
word: salir
lang: Spanish
word: largarse
lang: Spanish
word: ausentarse
lang: Spanish
word: absentarse
lang: Swahili
word: kuondoka
lang: Swedish
word: åka
lang: Swedish
word: avresa
lang: Swedish
word: ge sig av
lang: Tagalog
word: umalís
lang: Tajik
word: рафтан
roman: raftan
lang: Tamil
word: கிளம்பு
roman: kiḷampu
lang: Tamil
word: செல்
roman: cel
lang: Tamil
word: புறப்படு
roman: puṟappaṭu
lang: Telugu
word: వెళ్ళిపో
roman: veḷḷipō
lang: Thai
word: จาก
roman: jàak
lang: Turkish
word: çıkmak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: براقمق
roman: bırakmak
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎚𐎁𐎓
roman: tbʿ
lang: Ukrainian
word: відхо́дити
roman: vidxódyty
lang: Ukrainian
word: відійти́
roman: vidijtý
lang: Ukrainian
word: від'їжджа́ти
roman: vidʺjiždžáty
lang: Ukrainian
word: від'ї́хати
roman: vidʺjíxaty
lang: Venetan
word: caminar
lang: Venetan
word: caminare
lang: Venetan
word: ndar via
lang: Venetan
word: ndar vìa
lang: Vietnamese
word: rời khỏi
lang: Welsh
word: gadael
lang: Yiddish
word: אַוועקניין
roman: avekneyn
lang: Yiddish
word: אַוועקפֿאָרן
roman: avekforn