leave

Less common meanings

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   give by willverbtransitive

   To give something to someone in your will.

   My aunt left her old piano to me when she died.

   She plans to leave everything to charity.

   UsageSay she left the house to her son.

   Similarbequeath, will

   Oppositeinherit

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    dieverbeuphemistictransitive

    To die, said gently by speaking of leaving others, as in "she left us too soon."

    Grandma left us last winter, and we still miss her every day.

    When the old ones leave us, the stories go too.

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    permissionnouncountable or uncountable

    Permission to do something, often in a court of law.

    The lawyer asked the judge for leave to call one more witness.

    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.

    c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”Here, leave means permission.

    UsageCourts give leave to do something.

    Similarconsent, authorization

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    verbobsoleteintransitive

    To stay behind, or remain where you are.

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    noundatedcountable or uncountable

    A goodbye, or the act of going away.

    UsageUsed in take your leave and take leave of someone.

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    stop doingverbarchaictransitive

    To stop doing something, usually followed by a verb ending in -ing.

    Now leave Complaining, and begin your Tea.

    1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Basset-Table. An Eclogue.Here, leave means stop.

    When he had leeft speakynge, he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nette to make a draught.

    1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt (Tyndale Bible)Here, leeft means stopped.

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    snookernouncountable

    In some games, what is left after a turn, like where the balls are or the letters still on your rack.

    A good leave left his opponent nothing to play.

    He played for the leave rather than the pot.

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    cricketnouncountable

    In cricket, when the batter chooses not to try to hit the ball.

    The bowler groaned at yet another careful leave.

    A good leave outside off stump shows patience.

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    turn greenverbrareintransitive

    To grow new leaves, as trees and plants do.

    Similarleaf, sprout

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    verbobsolete

    To raise an army or a tax.

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