verb
To have a consequence or remnant.
I left my car at home and took a bus to work.
The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread.
To have a consequence or remnant.
The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.
Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life.
To have a consequence or remnant.
Leave your hat in the hall.
We should leave the legal matters to lawyers.
To depart; to separate from.
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.
To depart; to separate from.
I left him to his reflections.
I leave my hearers to judge.
noun
The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
He made 45 leaves in his innings of 64.
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).
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.
The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.
I didn't score much, but LING was a good leave.
noun
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
I've just been given three weeks' leave by my boss — I don't think I still have some leave owing to me.
Permission.
Might I beg leave to accompany you?
The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.
Farewell, departure.
I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.