leave
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Is leave a Scrabble word?
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- Wordle Yes
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What is the meaning of leave?
Definition
verb (English)
1. To have a consequence or remnant.Examples: "I left my car at home and took a bus to work."; "The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread."; "There's not much food left. We'd better go to the shops."transitive
2. To have a consequence or remnant.Examples: "The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes."; "Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life."; "She left disappointed."copulativeintransitivetransitive
3. To have a consequence or remnant.Examples: "Leave your hat in the hall."; "We should leave the legal matters to lawyers."; "I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the falling snow."transitive
4. To depart; to separate from.Examples: "I left him to his reflections."; "I leave my hearers to judge."; "I'll leave it to you to decide."transitive
5. To depart; to separate from.Examples: "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."Synonyms: depart, forget, leave behindtransitive
6. To depart; to separate from.Examples: "2018, The Independent, "Brexit: Theresa May 'not bluffing' in threat to leave EU without a deal, Tory minister Liam Fox says" If we were to leave, the economic impact on a number of European countries would be severe."; "I left the band."transitive
noun (English)
1. (cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.Examples: "He made 45 leaves in his innings of 64."
2. (billiards) 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).Examples: "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."
3. (Scrabble) The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.Examples: "I didn't score much, but LING was a good leave."
noun (English)
1. (dated or law) Permission.Examples: "Might I beg leave to accompany you?"; "The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences."; "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."Synonyms: authorisation, consentcountabledateduncountable
2. (dated) Farewell, departure.Examples: "I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance."countabledateduncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.transitive
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, rare) To produce leaves or foliage.Examples: "Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say: Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?"Synonyms: leafintransitiverare
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) To raise; to levy.Examples: "[…]au^([sic – meaning an]) army ſtrong ſhe leau'd,[…]"obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary