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Leaves

/liːvz/

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

📖 Definitions of "Leaves"

noun

1
The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
2
Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
3
A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
"gold leaf"
4
A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).

verb

noun

1
The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
2
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).

noun

1
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
"I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss."
2
Permission.
"Might I beg leave to accompany you?"
3
Farewell, departure.
"I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance."

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
leave behindverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To abandon.
drop outverb	(idiomatic) To leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily.
throw in the towelverb	(idiomatic) To quit; to give up.
chuck up the spongeverb	(dated) To quit; to give up; to admit defeat.
quitverb	(usually followed by of) Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.
departverb	(intransitive) To leave.
exitnoun	An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
go awayverb	To depart or leave a place.
go outverb	(idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.
leave-takingnoun	The process of saying goodbye.
get outverb	(intransitive) To leave or escape.
farewellnoun	A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure.
give upverb	(transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.)
letverb	(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
pass onverb	(transitive) To convey or communicate.
go forthverb	To move oneself forward or onward
forgetverb	(transitive) To lose remembrance of.
throw inverb	(transitive, informal) To add something extra free of charge.
giveverb	(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
partingnoun	A farewell, the act of departing politely.