Leaf vs. Leave
Difference Between Leaf and Leave
Leafnoun
A usually green, flattened, lateral structure attached to a stem and functioning as a principal organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in most plants.
Leaveverb
To go out of or away from
not allowed to leave the room.Leafnoun
A leaflike organ or structure.
Leaveverb
To go without taking or removing
left my book on the bus.Leafnoun
Leaves considered as a group; foliage.
Leaveverb
To omit or exclude
left out the funniest part of the story.Leafnoun
The state or time of having or showing leaves
trees in full leaf.Leaveverb
To have as a result, consequence, or remainder
The car left a trail of exhaust fumes. Two from eight leaves six.Leafnoun
The leaves of a plant used or processed for a specific purpose
large supplies of tobacco leaf.Leaveverb
To cause or allow to be or remain in a specified state
left the lights on.Leafnoun
Any of the sheets of paper bound in a book, each side of which constitutes a page.
Leaveverb
To have remaining after death
left a young son.Leafnoun
A very thin sheet of material, especially metal.
Leaveverb
To bequeath
left her money to charity.Leafnoun
Such leaves considered as a group
covered in gold leaf.Leaveverb
To give over to another to control or act on
Leave all the details to us.Leafnoun
A hinged or removable section for a table top.
Leaveverb
To abandon or forsake
leave home.left her husband.Leafnoun
A hinged or otherwise movable section of a folding door, shutter, or gate.
Leaveverb
To remove oneself from association with or participation in
left the navy for civilian life.Leafnoun
A section of drawbridge that moves upward or to the side.
Leaveverb
To give or deposit, as for use or information, upon one's departure or in one's absence
He left a note for you. Leave your name and address.Leafnoun
One of several metal strips forming a leaf spring.
Leaveverb
To cause or permit to be or remain
left myself plenty of time.Leafverb
To produce leaves; put forth foliage
trees just beginning to leaf.Leaveverb
(Nonstandard) To allow or permit; let.
Leafverb
To turn pages, as in searching or browsing
leafed through the catalog.Leaveverb
To set out or depart; go
When can you leave?.Leafverb
To turn through the pages of.
Leaveverb
To put forth foliage; leaf.
Leafnoun
The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
Leavenoun
Permission to do something.
Leafnoun
Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
Leavenoun
An act of departing; a farewell
took leave of her with a heavy heart.Leafnoun
A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
gold leafLeavenoun
See leave of absence.
Leafnoun
A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
Leaveverb
(transitive) To have a consequence or remnant.
Leafnoun
(in the plural) Tea leaves.
Leaveverb
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.The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread.There's not much food left. We'd better go to the shops.Leafnoun
A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
Leaveverb
To cause, to result in.
The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life.Leafnoun
A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
The train car has one single-leaf and two double-leaf doors per side.Leaveverb
(transitive) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
Leave your hat in the hall.We should leave the legal matters to lawyers.I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the falling snow.Leafnoun
(botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
Leaveverb
To depart; to separate from.
Leafnoun
In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
Leaveverb
To let be or do without interference.
I left him to his reflections.I leave my hearers to judge.Leafnoun
The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
Leaveverb
(transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
I left the country and I left my wife.Leafnoun
One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
Leaveverb
(transitive) 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.Leafnoun
(slang) Marijuana.
Leaveverb
(intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
I think you'd better leave.Leafverb
(intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
Leaveverb
To transfer something.
Leafverb
(transitive) To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.Leaveverb
(transitive) To transfer possession of after death.
When my father died, he left me the house.Leafnoun
the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
Leaveverb
(transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there.Leafnoun
a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
Leaveverb
(transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
Can't we just leave this to the experts?Leafnoun
hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
Leaveverb
To remain (behind); to stay.
Leafverb
look through a book or other written material;
He thumbed through the reportShe leafed through the volumeLeaveverb
To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
Leafverb
turn over pages;
leaf through a bookleaf a manuscriptLeaveverb
(transitive) To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
Leafverb
produce leaves, of plants
Leaveverb
To produce leaves or foliage.
Leaveverb
(obsolete) To raise; to levy.
Leavenoun
(cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
Leavenoun
(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).
Leavenoun
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss.Leavenoun
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.Leavenoun
(dated) Farewell, departure.
I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.Leavenoun
the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty;
a ten day's leave to visit his motherLeavenoun
permission to do something;
she was granted leave to speakLeavenoun
the act of departing politely;
he disliked long farewellshe took his leaveparting is such sweet sorrowLeaveverb
go away from a place;
At what time does your train leave?She didn't leave until midnightThe ship leaves at midnightLeaveverb
go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness;
She left a mess when she moved outHis good luck finally left himher husband left her after 20 years of marriageshe wept thinking she had been left behindLeaveverb
act or be so as to become in a specified state;
The inflation left them pennilessThe president's remarks left us speechlessLeaveverb
leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking;
leave it as isleave the young fawn aloneleave the flowers that you see in the park behindLeaveverb
move out of or depart from;
leave the roomthe fugitive has left the countryLeaveverb
make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain;
This leaves no room for improvementThe evidence allows only one conclusionallow for mistakesleave lots of time for the tripThis procedure provides for lots of leewayLeaveverb
result in;
The water left a mark on the silk dressHer blood left a stain on the napkinLeaveverb
remove oneself from an association with or participation in;
She wants to leaveThe teenager left homeShe left her position with the Red CrossHe left the Senate after two termsafter 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakesLeaveverb
put into the care or protection of someone;
He left the decision to his deputyleave your child the nurse's careLeaveverb
leave or give by will after one's death;
My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelryMy grandfather left me his entire estateLeaveverb
have left or have as a remainder;
That left the four of us19 minus 8 leaves 11Leaveverb
be survived by after one's death;
He left six childrenAt her death, she left behind her husband and 11 catsLeaveverb
tell or deposit (information) knowledge;
give a secret to the Russiansleave your name and address hereLeaveverb
leave behind unintentionally;
I forgot my umbrella in the restaurantI left my keys inside the car and locked the doors
