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LEAVE
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Irregular inflected forms: leaves , left
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of departing politely
Example:
parting is such sweet sorrow
Synonyms:
farewell; leave; leave-taking; parting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("leave" is a kind of...):
departure; going; going away; leaving (the act of departing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leave"):
valediction (the act of saying farewell)
Derivation:
leave (go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness)
leave (go away from a place)
leave (move out of or depart from)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Permission to do something
Example:
she was granted leave to speak
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("leave" is a kind of...):
permission (approval to do something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
Example:
a ten day's leave to visit his mother
Synonyms:
leave; leave of absence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("leave" is a kind of...):
time off (a time period when you are not required to work)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leave"):
furlough (a temporary leave of absence from military duty)
pass ((military) a written leave of absence)
compassionate leave ((military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death)
sabbatical; sabbatical leave (a leave usually taken every seventh year)
liberty; shore leave (leave granted to a sailor or naval officer)
sick leave (a leave of absence from work because of illness)
terminal leave (final leave before discharge from military service)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they leave ... he / she / it leaves
Past simple: left
Past participle: left
-ing form: leaving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
Example:
leave the flowers that you see in the park behind
Synonyms:
leave; leave alone; leave behind; let alone
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
forbear; refrain (resist doing something)
Verb group:
leave (have left or have as a remainder)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
let (leave unchanged)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Be survived by after one's death
Example:
At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats
Synonyms:
leave; leave behind
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
"Leave" entails doing...:
buy the farm; cash in one's chips; choke; conk; croak; decease; die; drop dead; exit; expire; give-up the ghost; go; kick the bucket; pass; pass away; perish; pop off; snuff it (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)
Verb group:
bequeath; leave; will (leave or give by will after one's death)
leave behind (depart and not take along)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
widow (cause to be without a spouse)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot leave Sue
Sense 3
Meaning:
Leave behind unintentionally
Example:
I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors
Synonyms:
forget; leave
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
lose (miss from one's possessions; lose sight of)
Verb group:
leave (go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They leave the money in the closet
Sense 4
Meaning:
Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
Example:
she wept thinking she had been left behind
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Verb group:
forget; leave (leave behind unintentionally)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
abandon; desert; desolate; forsake (leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch)
jilt (cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
They leave the people the food
They leave the money in the closet
Derivation:
leave (the act of departing politely)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Go away from a place
Example:
The ship leaves at midnight
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Verb group:
exit; get out; go out; leave (move out of or depart from)
depart; leave; pull up stakes (remove oneself from an association with or participation in)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
abandon; empty; vacate (leave behind empty; move out of)
slip away; sneak away; sneak off; sneak out; steal away (leave furtively and stealthily)
break away; bunk; escape; fly the coop; head for the hills; hightail it; lam; run; run away; scarper; scat; take to the woods; turn tail (flee; take to one's heels; cut and run)
rush away; rush off (depart in a hurry)
get out; pull out (move out or away)
depart; part; set forth; set off; set out; start; start out; take off (leave)
linger; tarry (leave slowly and hesitantly)
go out (take the field)
ride away; ride off (ride away on a horse, for example)
beetle off; bolt; bolt out; run off; run out (leave suddenly and as if in a hurry)
bugger off; buzz off; fuck off; get; scram (leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form)
decamp; skip; vamoose (leave suddenly)
come away (leave in a certain condition)
walk out (leave abruptly, often in protest or anger)
walk away; walk off (go away from)
pop off (leave quickly)
depart; quit; take leave (go away or leave)
desert (leave behind)
go out (leave the house to go somewhere)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
John will leave angry
Antonym:
arrive (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)
Derivation:
leave (the act of departing politely)
leaver (someone who leaves)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Move out of or depart from
Example:
the fugitive has left the country
Synonyms:
exit; get out; go out; leave
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Verb group:
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
log off; log out (exit a computer)
undock (move out of a dock)
eject (leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule)
step out (go outside a room or building for a short period of time)
get off (leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.)
fall out (leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation)
get off; hop out (get out of quickly)
file out (march out, in a file)
pop out (exit briefly)
depart; go; go away (move away from a place into another direction)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The men leave the boat
Derivation:
leave (the act of departing politely)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Leave or give by will after one's death
Example:
My grandfather left me his entire estate
Synonyms:
bequeath; leave; will
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)
Verb group:
leave; leave behind (be survived by after one's death)
give; impart; leave; pass on (transmit (knowledge or skills))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
devise (give by will, especially real property)
pass on (give to or transfer possession of)
remember (show appreciation to)
entail; fee-tail (limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence examples:
They leave the money to them
They leave them the money
Sense 8
Meaning:
Transmit (knowledge or skills)
Example:
impart a new skill to the students
Synonyms:
give; impart; leave; pass on
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
tell (let something be known)
Verb group:
bequeath; leave; will (leave or give by will after one's death)
give (convey or reveal information)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
convey ((of information) make known; pass on)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 9
Meaning:
Put into the care or protection of someone
Example:
leave your child in the nurse's care
Synonyms:
entrust; leave
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence examples:
They leave the money to them
They leave them the money
Sense 10
Meaning:
Remove oneself from an association with or participation in
Example:
after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes
Synonyms:
depart; leave; pull up stakes
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
leave office; quit; resign; step down (give up or retire from a position)
drop out (leave school or an educational program prematurely)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They leave the countryside
Sense 11
Meaning:
Produce as a result or residue
Example:
Her blood left a stain on the napkin
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
bring about; give rise; produce (cause to happen, occur or exist)
Verb group:
leave (act or be so as to become in a specified state)
leave (have left or have as a remainder)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave"):
lead (tend to or result in)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 12
Meaning:
Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
Example:
This procedure provides for lots of leeway
Synonyms:
allow; allow for; leave; provide
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
afford; give; yield (be the cause or source of)
Verb group:
admit; allow (afford possibility)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 13
Meaning:
Act or be so as to become in a specified state
Example:
The president's remarks left us speechless
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
get; make (give certain properties to something)
Verb group:
lead; leave; result (produce as a result or residue)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Something ----s somebody
Sense 14
Meaning:
Have left or have as a remainder
Example:
19 minus 8 leaves 11
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "leave" is one way to...):
have (have left)
Verb group:
leave; leave alone; leave behind; let alone (leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking)
lead; leave; result (produce as a result or residue)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Context examples:
They may also have a fear of being alone or have trouble leaving their home.
(Agoraphobia, NCI Dictionary)
We re-entered the room which we had left so tumultuously ten minutes before.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This procedure is usually used to get a tissue sample from the lymph nodes on the left side of the chest.
(Anterior mediastinotomy, NCI Dictionary)
If left untreated, it may increase in size and destroy the adjacent delicate bones of the middle ear.
(Middle Ear Cholesteatoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A dual-flap valve of the heart that regulates the flow of blood between the left atrium and the left ventricle of the heart.
(Mitral Valve, NCI Thesaurus)
The valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart.
(Mitral Valve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Narrowing of the left atrioventricular mitral orifice.
(Mitral Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus)
The essential oil from leaves of Agathosma betulina.
(Agathosma Betulina Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
Its leaves are spade-shaped with round-pointed tips and purple-red veins and petioles.
(World's First True Red Spinach Variety Released, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves with accompanying ST elevation in leads V3 and V4, which is suggestive of acute myocardial infarction of the anterior wall of the left ventricle.
(Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
