Synonyms for leaves
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : leevz |
| Phonetic Transcription : livz |
Top 10 synonyms for leaves Other synonyms for the word leaves
- abscond
- adieu
- allot
- apportion
- assent
- assign
- back out
- beat it
- bequeath
- bequest
- blade
- bract
- break away
- cease
- cede
- clear out
- come away
- commit
- concession
- confide
- consent
- consign
- cut out
- decamp
- defect
- demise
- departure
- desert
- desist
- devise
- dispensation
- ditch
- drop out
- elope
- embark
- emigrate
- entrust
- exit
- farewell
- flag
- flit
- folio
- foliole
- forbear
- forsake
- freedom
- furlough
- give notice
- give over
- give the slip
- give up
- go
- go away
- go forth
- go-ahead
- goodbye
- green light
- hand down
- hand over
- have
- head out
- issue
- knock off
- lay down
- leaflet
- leave behind
- leave of absence
- leave-taking
- legate
- let
- let be
- let continue
- let go
- let stay
- liberty
- maroon
- migrate
- mislay
- move
- move out
- needle
- okay
- omit
- pad
- paper
- part
- parting
- permit
- petal
- petiole
- pull out
- push off
- quit
- refer
- refrain
- relinquish
- remove oneself
- resign
- retire
- retirement
- ride off
- run along
- sabbatical
- sally
- sanction
- say goodbye
- scale
- scram
- set out
- sheet
- slip out
- split
- stalk
- start
- step down
- stipule
- stop
- suffer
- sufferance
- surrender
- take a hike
- take leave
- take off
- terminate
- tolerance
- transmit
- vacate
- vacation
- vamoose
- vanish
- waive
- walk out
- will
- withdraw
- withdrawal
- yield
Définition of leaves
Origin :- "to turn over (the pages of a book)," 1660s, from leaf (n.). The notion of a book page also is in the phrase to turn over a (new) leaf (1570s). Related: Leafed; leaved; leafing.
- noun green foliage of plant
- noun page of document
- noun permission
- noun holiday, time off
- verb depart, abandon physically
- verb abandon, renounce
- verb forget, neglect
- verb give, especially after death
- He dug a hole and he covered it with branches and leaves and a little grass.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- He leaves the prison gates, he makes his way to his old home, but his old home is not there.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- Only the heavy stems, which should be cut from the leaves, may be canned.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Get her as she leaves, or find her back at her own place later.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- And Margaret would sit in the rocking while he cut the leaves and found the place.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- If he leaves you soon for London everything will be concluded.
- Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
- I am bound to admit that in French phrase it leaves much to desire.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- He heard no sound save the rustling of the leaves and the song of the bird.
- Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
- "The boy will write as like his father as possible," said she, turning over the leaves.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- He leaves no permanent monument, no ruins of former greatness.
- Extract from : « Indian Legends of Vancouver Island » by Alfred Carmichael
Antonyms for leaves
- arrive
- begin
- care
- come
- come in
- complete
- continue
- denial
- difference
- disagreement
- disallow
- disapproval
- do
- face
- finish
- go
- greeting
- hello
- help
- hold
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- initiate
- join
- keep
- keep on
- limitation
- maintain
- prohibition
- protest
- receive
- refusal
- refuse
- reject
- remain
- restraint
- restriction
- retain
- start
- stay
- stop
- take
- veto
- withhold
- workday
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