(transitive) 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.

Permission to be absent; time away from one's work. / (dated or law) Permission. / (dated) Farewell, departure.

(intransitive, rare) To produce leaves or foliage.

(transitive) To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

(cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.

(obsolete) To raise; to levy.

plural of leaf / plural of leave

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leave

(chiefly in combination, sometimes heraldry) Having a leaf, leaves or folds

simple past tense and past participle of leave (in the sense "to produce leaves or foliage")