leave

En français : laisser, quitter, partir

1. 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. (transitive) · I left my car at home and took a bus to work.· The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread.
2. To cause, to result in. (intransitive, transitive) · The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.· Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life.
3. To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself. (transitive) · Leave your hat in the hall.· We should leave the legal matters to lawyers.
4. To let be or do without interference. (transitive) · I left him to his reflections.· I leave my hearers to judge.
5. To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with. (transitive) · His bow and arrow never leaves him.· I left the country and I left my wife.
6. To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project). (transitive) · I left the band.
7. To die (the object denotes those affected by the death). (transitive)
8. To depart; to go away from a certain place or state. (intransitive) · I think you'd better leave.

Pluriel leave · He/she/it leaves · Prétérit left · Participe passé left · Forme en -ing leaving