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leave

Definitions


[liːv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- go away from
(e.g: she left London on June 6)

- allow or cause to remain
(e.g: the parts he disliked he would alter and the parts he didn't dislike he'd leave)

- cause (someone or something) to be in a particular state or position
(e.g: he'll leave you in no doubt about what he thinks)


Phrases:
- be left at the post
- be left for dead
- be left to oneself
- leave go
- leave hold of
- leave it at that
- leave it out
- leave much to be desired
- leave someone be
- leave someone cold

Origin:
Old English lǣfan ‘bequeath’, also ‘allow to remain, leave in place’ of Germanic origin; related to German bleiben ‘remain’


[liːv], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player


Phrases:
- be left at the post
- be left for dead
- be left to oneself
- leave go
- leave hold of
- leave it at that
- leave it out
- leave much to be desired
- leave someone be
- leave someone cold

Origin:
Old English lǣfan ‘bequeath’, also ‘allow to remain, leave in place’ of Germanic origin; related to German bleiben ‘remain’


[liːv], (Noun)

Definitions:
- time when one has permission to be absent from work or from duty in the armed forces
(e.g: Joe was home on leave)

- permission
(e.g: the Secretary of State wishes to seek leave to appeal)


Phrases:
- by your leave
- take leave to do something
- take one's leave
- without so much as a by-your-leave

Origin:
Old English lēaf ‘permission’, of West Germanic origin; related to lief and love


[liːv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a plant) put out new leaves
(e.g: trees leaved, wild flowers burst in profusion on the far side of the lake.)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from the same Germanic base as leaf




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