Leaf vs. Leave

Difference Between Leaf and Leave

Leafnoun

The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.

Leaveverb

(transitive) To have a consequence or remnant.

Leafnoun

Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.

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 sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.

gold leaf

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 sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).

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

(in the plural) Tea leaves.

Leaveverb

To depart; to separate from.

Leafnoun

A flat section used to extend the size of a table.

Leaveverb

To let be or do without interference.

I left him to his reflections.I leave my hearers to judge.

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 depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.

I left the country and I left my wife.

Leafnoun

(botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.

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

In a tree, a node that has no descendants.

Leaveverb

(intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.

I think you'd better leave.

Leafnoun

The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.

Leaveverb

To transfer something.

Leafnoun

One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.

Leaveverb

(transitive) To transfer possession of after death.

When my father died, he left me the house.

Leafnoun

(slang) Marijuana.

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.

Leafverb

(intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

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?

Leafverb

(transitive) To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.

The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.

Leaveverb

To remain (behind); to stay.

Leafnoun

the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

Leaveverb

To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).

Leafnoun

a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)

Leaveverb

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

Leafnoun

hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)

Leaveverb

To produce leaves or foliage.

Leafverb

look through a book or other written material;

He thumbed through the reportShe leafed through the volume

Leaveverb

(obsolete) To raise; to levy.

Leafverb

turn over pages;

leaf through a bookleaf a manuscript

Leavenoun

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

Leafverb

produce leaves, of plants

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 mother

Leavenoun

permission to do something;

she was granted leave to speak

Leavenoun

the act of departing politely;

he disliked long farewellshe took his leaveparting is such sweet sorrow

Leaveverb

go away from a place;

At what time does your train leave?She didn't leave until midnightThe ship leaves at midnight

Leaveverb

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 behind

Leaveverb

act or be so as to become in a specified state;

The inflation left them pennilessThe president's remarks left us speechless

Leaveverb

leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking;

leave it as isleave the young fawn aloneleave the flowers that you see in the park behind

Leaveverb

move out of or depart from;

leave the roomthe fugitive has left the country

Leaveverb

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 leeway

Leaveverb

result in;

The water left a mark on the silk dressHer blood left a stain on the napkin

Leaveverb

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 stakes