left EnglishEtymology 1 From (etyl) left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from (etyl) left, . More at (l), (l). Adjective The opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north. Turn left at the corner.
(politics) pertaining to the political left; liberal. Synonyms * left-hand * sinister * sinistral Derived terms * left-hand * left-handed * left wing * two left feet Adverb (-) On the left side. Towards the left side.
Noun (en noun) The left side or direction.
(politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group. The political left is not holding enough power. (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist. Synonyms * (left side or direction) , port * (politics) Derived terms * lefty * to the left Etymology 2 (etyl) left, variant of . More at leave.
Verb (head) (leave). * , chapter=8 , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.}} Remaining.
Etymology 3 From a verbal use of . More at leave. Verb (head) (Ireland, colloquial) permitted, allowed to proceed. We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend. References * The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Walter W. Skeat.
| leave EnglishEtymology 1 From (etyl) leven, from (etyl) (whence Danish levne). More at . 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. #: #*, chapter=7 , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=[…] St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left
only a dull oppression of the spirit.}} #*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= David Van Tassel], [//www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan , title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is
always a numbers game. #To cause, to result in. #: #*{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane) , title=, chapter=1 , passage=There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up #*, chapter=23 , title=
The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}} #*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist) , title=
Out of the gloom , passage=[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were
left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.}} #(lb) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself. #: #*Bible, (w) v. 24 #*:Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way. #*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616) #*:The foot / That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks. (lb) To depart; to
separate from. #To let be or do without interference. #: #(lb) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with. #: #* , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=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.}} #(lb) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project). #: #(lb) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state. #: (lb) To transfer something. #(lb) To transfer possession of after death. #: #(lb) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit. #:
#(lb) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with. #: To remain (behind); to stay. *: *:And whanne sire launcelot sawe them fare soo / he gat a spere in his hand / and there encountred with hym al attones syr bors sir Ector and sire Lyonel / and alle they thre smote hym atte ones with their speres // and by mysfortune sir bors smote syre launcelot thurgh the shelde in to the syde / and the
spere brake / and the hede lefte stylle in his syde * *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either. To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun /
gerund). *1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) V: *:When he had leeft speakynge, he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nette to make a draught. *(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744) *:Now leave complaining and begin your tea. Derived terms * beleave * forleave * leave behind * leave for dead * leave no stone unturned * leave
nothing in the tank * leave someone hanging * leave someone high and dry * leave someone holding the bag * leave off * leave out * leave in the lurch * leave well enough alone * not leave one's thought * overleave * up and leave Noun (en 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). * 1890 February 27, "Slosson's Close Shave"], in [[w:New York Times, The New York Times] : Having counted 38 points he tried a beautiful out of the corner, hit the first ball
just a trife 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. Etymology 2 From (etyl) leve, from (etyl) . Related to (etyl) verlof, (etyl) Erlaubnis. See also (l).
Noun (-) Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss. (senseid)(dated, or, legal) 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. (dated) Farewell, departure. I took my leave of the gentleman without a
backward glance. Derived terms * administrative leave * annual leave * by your leave * compassionate leave * leave of absence * maternity leave * on leave * parental leave * paternity leave * shore leave * sick leave * take French leave * take leave * ticket-of-leave Etymology 3 From (etyl) leven, from (etyl) . Verb To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant. Etymology
4 From (etyl) leven, from . More at (l). Verb (rare) To produce leaves or foliage.Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed.* 1868 , , The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám , 2nd edition: Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say: Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday? Verb (obsolete) To raise; to levy.
* Spenser An army strong she leaved . References * *
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