EGAVE

leave

About 93.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb 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.
    I left my car at home and took a bus to work.
  2. verb 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.
    I left my car at home and took a bus to work.
  3. verb To cause, to result in.
    The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.
  4. verb To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
    Leave your hat in the hall.
  5. verb To depart; to separate from. To let be or do without interference.
    I left him to his reflections.
  6. verb To let be or do without interference.
    I left him to his reflections.
  7. verb To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
    His bow and arrow never leaves him.
  8. verb To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
    I left the band.

Similar words

leave behind drop out throw in the towel chuck up the sponge quit depart exit go away go out leave-taking

Often followed by

the it to of a me him them her

Word family

leaved leaver leavers leaves leaving left

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