departure going going away leaving | the act of departing |
farewell leave leave-taking parting | the act of departing politely, he disliked long farewells, he took his leave, parting is such sweet sorrow |
French leave | an abrupt and unannounced departure (without saying farewell) |
absence without leave unauthorized absence | unauthorized military absence |
left | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east, take a left at the corner |
left field leftfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate) |
checkroom left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
left field leftfield left | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left, the batter flied out to left |
left-handedness sinistrality | preference for using the left hand |
left coronary artery | arises from the left aortic sinus, supplies the left side of the heart |
left gastric artery arteria gastrica sinistra | a branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus |
left gastric vein vena gastrica sinistra | arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia, runs in the lesser omentum, empties into the portal vein |
oblique vein of the left atrium vena obliqua atrii sinistri | a tributary of the coronary sinus, on the posterior wall of the left atrium |
posterior vein of the left ventricle vena posterior ventriculi sinistri | arises near the apex of the heart and empties into the coronary sinus |
left ventricle | the chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta |
left atrium left atrium of the heart atrium sinistrum | the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins |
mitral valve bicuspid valve left atrioventricular valve | valve with two cusps, situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle |
left hemisphere left brain | the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body |
left left hand | the hand that is on the left side of the body, jab with your left |
leave | permission to do something, she was granted leave to speak |
ticket-of-leave | a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions |
left left wing | those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare |
left | location near or direction toward the left side, i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east, she stood on the left |
stage left left stage | the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience |
Left Bank Latin Quarter | the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine, a center of artistic and student life |
left-handed pitcher left-hander left hander lefthander lefty southpaw | a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand |
left-hander lefty southpaw | a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right, their pitcher was a southpaw |
left fielder | the person who plays left field |
collectivist leftist left-winger | a person who belongs to the political left |
left-handedness | the status of being born of a morganatic marriage |
leave leave of absence | the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty, a ten day's leave to visit his mother |
compassionate leave | (military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death |
sabbatical sabbatical leave | a leave usually taken every seventh year |
shore leave liberty | leave granted to a sailor or naval officer |
sick leave | a leave of absence from work because of illness |
terminal leave | final leave before discharge from military service |
leave leave alone leave behind | 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 leave behind | be survived by after one's death, He left six children, At her death, she left behind her husband and cats |
leave off | stop using, leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here |
forget leave | leave behind unintentionally, I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant, I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors |
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 years of marriage, she wept thinking she had been left behind |
neglect pretermit omit drop miss leave out overlook overleap | leave undone or leave out, How could I miss that typo?, The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten |
exclude except leave out leave off omit take out | prevent from being included or considered or accepted, The bad results were excluded from the report, Leave off the top piece |
leave no stone unturned | search thoroughly and exhaustively, The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer |
depart take leave quit | go away or leave |
leave go forth go away | go away from a place, At what time does your train leave?, She didn't leave until midnight, The ship leaves at midnight |
exit go out get out leave | move out of or depart from, leave the room, the fugitive has left the country |
leave behind | depart and not take along, He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe |
bequeath will leave | leave or give by will after one's death, My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry, My grandfather left me his entire estate |
impart leave give pass on | transmit (knowledge or skills), give a secret to the Russians, leave your name and address here, impart a new skill to the students |