Leaves can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| leave - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" | ||
| leave - have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" | ||
| leave - be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats" | ||
| leave - go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind" | ||
| leave - remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" | ||
| leave - leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind" | ||
| leave - have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11" | ||
| leave - make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" | ||
| leave - act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless" | ||
| leave - move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" | ||
| leave - leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" | ||
| leave - transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" | ||
| leave - leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" | ||
| leave - put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care" | ||
Noun |
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| leave - the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" | ||
| leave - permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak" | ||
| leave - the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" |
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| 1. | verb | Crowds are at their thinnest, but many of the country’s tourist attractions and services close down in October and don’t reopen until Easter, which paradoxically leaves visitors with a more convincing taste of how Ireland is experienced by most of the Irish: it’s cold, grey and dark by 5pm, but there’s always a pub to escape into when the rain starts sheeting down. | |
| 2. | verb | If the animals are treated in the same way the customers are treated then this leaves a lot to be desired! | |
| 3. | verb | The staff leaves a lot to be desired. | |
| 4. | verb | Your idea leaves nothing to be desired. | |
| 5. | verb | Your composition leaves nothing to be desired. | |
| 6. | verb | Your behavior leaves much to be desired. | |
| 7. | verb | Your English composition leaves nothing to be desired. | |
| 8. | verb | Your English leaves nothing to be desired. | |
| 9. | verb | His plane leaves for Hong Kong at 2:00 p.m. | |
| 10. | verb | Hurry up. The train leaves in ten minutes. We don't want to miss it. | |
| 11. | verb | You had better hurry. The train leaves at three. | |
| 12. | verb | Whoever leaves the office last should turn off the light. | |
| 13. | verb | Can you please tell me what time the train leaves? | |
| 14. | verb | The train for Birmingham leaves from platform 3. | |
| 15. | verb | The bus leaves in five minutes. | |
| 16. | noun | Strong winds stripped the tree of its leaves. | |
| 17. | noun | The cold weather has turned the leaves red. | |
| 18. | noun | In late summer and autumn one can see the leaves change colour. | |
| 19. | noun | In the long summer days she sat in the sun and watched the trees cover themselves with leaves, and the white daisies cover the hill. | |
| 20. | noun | Leaves were dropping silently to the ground. | |
| 21. | noun | The leaves are fresh after a rainfall. | |
| 22. | noun | The leaves look fresh in the rain. | |
| 23. | noun | Almost all the leaves have fallen. | |
| 24. | noun | The leaves turn red in the fall. | |
| 25. | noun | All the leaves on the tree turned yellow. | |
| 26. | noun | The leaves of the tree turned yellow. | |
| 27. | noun | He saw brightly-colored birds, flowers and leaves. | |
| 28. | noun | The sunshine penetrated the thick leaves of the trees. | |
| 29. | noun | These green leaves turn red in the fall. | |
| 30. | noun | These green leaves turn red or yellow in fall. |
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| Crowds are at their thinnest, but many of the country’s tourist attractions and services close down in October and don’t reopen until Easter, which paradoxically leaves visitors with a more convincing taste of how Ireland is experienced by most of the Irish: it’s cold, grey and dark by 5pm, but there’s always a pub to escape into when the rain starts sheeting down. |
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| If the animals are treated in the same way the customers are treated then this leaves a lot to be desired! |
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| The staff leaves a lot to be desired. |
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| Your idea leaves nothing to be desired. | |
| Your composition leaves nothing to be desired. | |
| Your behavior leaves much to be desired. | |
| Your English composition leaves nothing to be desired. | |
| Your English leaves nothing to be desired. | |
| His plane leaves for Hong Kong at 2:00 p.m. | |
| Hurry up. The train leaves in ten minutes. We don't want to miss it. | |
| You had better hurry. The train leaves at three. | |
| Whoever leaves the office last should turn off the light. | |
| Can you please tell me what time the train leaves? | |
| The train for Birmingham leaves from platform 3. | |
| The bus leaves in five minutes. | |
| noun | |
| Strong winds stripped the tree of its leaves. | |
| The cold weather has turned the leaves red. | |
| In late summer and autumn one can see the leaves change colour. | |
| In the long summer days she sat in the sun and watched the trees cover themselves with leaves, and the white daisies cover the hill. | |
| Leaves were dropping silently to the ground. | |
| The leaves are fresh after a rainfall. | |
| The leaves look fresh in the rain. | |
| Almost all the leaves have fallen. | |
| The leaves turn red in the fall. | |
| All the leaves on the tree turned yellow. | |
| The leaves of the tree turned yellow. | |
| He saw brightly-colored birds, flowers and leaves. | |
| The sunshine penetrated the thick leaves of the trees. | |
| These green leaves turn red in the fall. | |
| These green leaves turn red or yellow in fall. | |