leave : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: leave	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for leave
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leave n the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" Synonym(s): leave, leave of absence permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak" the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" Synonym(s): farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting v go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" Synonym(s): leave, go forth, go away Antonym(s): arrive, come, get go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind" act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless" leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind" Synonym(s): leave, leave alone, leave behind move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" Synonym(s): exit, go out, get out, leave Antonym(s): come in, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" Synonym(s): leave, allow for, allow, provide have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" Synonym(s): leave, result, lead remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" Synonym(s): leave, depart, pull up stakes put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care" Synonym(s): entrust, leave leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" Synonym(s): bequeath, will, leave Antonym(s): disinherit, disown have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11" be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats" Synonym(s): leave, leave behind transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" Synonym(s): impart, leave, give, pass on leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" Synonym(s): forget, leave
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leave \Leave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaving}] To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out. --G. Fletcher.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leave \Leave\, v. t. [See {Levy}.] To raise; to levy. [Obs.] An army strong she leaved. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leave \Leave\, n. [OE. leve, leave, AS. le[a0]f; akin to le[a2]f pleasing, dear, E. lief, D. oorlof leave, G. arlaub, and erlauben to permit, Icel. leyfi. [?] See {Lief}.] 1. Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license. David earnestly asked leave of me. --1 Sam. xx. 6. No friend has leave to bear away the dead. --Dryden. 2. The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go. A double blessing is a'double grace; Occasion smiles upon a second leave. --Shak. And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren. --Acts xviii. 18. {French leave}. See under {French}. Syn: See {Liberty}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leave \Leave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Left}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaving}.] [OE. leven, AS. l[?]fan, fr. l[be]f remnant, heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain; cf. bel[c6]fan to remain, G. bleiben, Goth. bileiban. [?]. See {Live}, v.] 1. To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. --Gen. ii. 24. 2. To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed. If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes ? --Jer. xlix. 9. These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. --Matt. xxiii. 23. Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be said than is expressed. --Bacon. 3. To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. Now leave complaining and begin your tea. --Pope. 4. To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish. Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. --Mark x. 28. The heresies that men do leave. --Shak. 5. To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge. I will leave you now to your gossiplike humor. --Shak. 6. To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit -- with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators. Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way. --Matt. v. 24. The foot That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks. --Shak. 7. To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece. {To leave alone}. (a) To leave in solitude. (b) To desist or refrain from having to do with; as, to leave dangerous chemicals alone. {To leave off}. (a) To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as, to leave off work at six o'clock. (b) To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual position; as, to leave off a garment; to leave off the tablecloth. (c) To forsake; as, to leave off a bad habit. {To leave out}, to omit; as, to leave out a word or name in writing. {To leave to one's self}, to let (one) be alone; to cease caring for (one). Syn: Syn>- To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon; relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up; forego; resign; surrender; forbear. See {Quit}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leave \Leave\, v. i. 1. To depart; to set out. [Colloq.] By the time I left for Scotland. --Carlyle. 2. To cease; to desist; to leave off. [bd]He . . . began at the eldest, and left at the youngest.[b8] --Gen. xliv. 12. {To leave off}, to cease; to desist; to stop. Leave off, and for another summons wait. --Roscommon.