verb
definition
To have a consequence or remnant.
definition
To depart; to separate from.
definition
To transfer something.
definition
To remain (behind); to stay.
definition
To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
verb
definition
To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
example
We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend.
verb
definition
To produce leaves or foliage.
verb
definition
To raise; to levy.
Examples of leaving in a Sentence
We'll be leaving you now.
I waited ten minutes before leaving the room.
We're leaving tomorrow, aren't we?
Then my teacher went to visit some friends in Boston, leaving me for a short time.
When Eureka's captor had thrown the kitten after the others the last Gargoyle silently disappeared, leaving our friends to breathe freely once more.
Everybody laughed at her antics, and you would have thought they were leaving a place of amusement rather than a church.
The blood drained from her head, leaving her dizzy and disoriented.
I had a second drink and let my belly dilute the alcohol with pot roast before leaving for Howie's house.
The snow melted, leaving in its wake a harvest of spring flowers.
She watched him climb stiffly into his wagon and knew a moment of sadness when she remembered that before long she would be leaving and she would never see him again.
Bad as the situation was, she still couldn't stand the thought of leaving the ranch.
I should be leaving for the police station in a few minutes.
She struggled against him, not caring what he did to her now that he'd taken away her only real hope of leaving.
You aren't leaving me again!
Adults would argue with her if she told them she wasn't leaving her brother, Jonny's, side until he was healed.
And I'm leaving my purse.
She looked unsettled at the idea of leaving her lab and looked around, as if trying to figure out what to take.
With nothing but her troubled thoughts, the cold rain, and a lonely room in the bed and breakfast down the road, she didn't feel like leaving just yet.
As she crept up the stairs of the wine cellar to the kitchen, she couldn't help feeling troubled at leaving the man in the basement.
She'll be armed, and I'm leaving her a distress beacon.
We should have prevented her from leaving.
Half an hour after leaving her room, she was ready to break down.
I know leaving is upsetting, but something else is bothering her.
We don't want you leaving here with a problem on your mind.
I'm so distressed at her leaving, I don't even want to think about it.
Just as this kid's leaving town, she puts this story on you, huh?
However, the woman and her husband were leaving to continue a summer-long trip westward.
These are the terms of you leaving Hell.
She was terrified by the thought of him leaving her.
She felt awful leaving him out of the blue, without saying farewell or thanking him.
I'm not alone, and I'm leaving.
The thought of leaving him to die had never crossed her mind.
Unless you were considering leaving me?
You.re not leaving.
Okay, so why are you leaving her?
You're okay with just leaving?
You're okay with just leaving me?
But they know you're leaving.
Like, who would even consider leaving a great guy like him?
What time are you leaving?
Oh God, no, I want you here with me, don't even think about leaving, please.
I'm leaving now and I don't want to hear another word out of your mouth.
When no response was forthcoming, he continued, If she were to leave me, it would cause every bit as much pain as leaving my family did.
Leaving you hurts me, too.
She was just leaving.
I changed my flights and I'm leaving tomorrow.
I have a feeling leaving here is going to be a pain.
You got us into this mess. We're leaving, before anyone else gets hurt.
What do you mean you're leaving?
Considering what happened to him before – with his fiancé leaving him after he spent all that money...