Looking for the meaning or definition of the word leave? Here's what it means.
Verb
(heading, transitive) To have a consequence or remnant.
To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
To cause, to result in.
(transitive) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
(heading) To depart; to separate from.
To let be or do without interference.
(transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
(transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
(intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
(intransitive, obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay.
(transitive, archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
Noun
(cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
(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).
Noun
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
