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Is leave a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word leave is a Scrabble US word. The word leave is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is leave a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word leave is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Yes. The word leave is a Words With Friends word. The word leave is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

LEAVE,VEALE,

4-letter words (11 found)

ALEE,AVEL,EALE,EAVE,LAVE,LEVA,LEVE,VALE,VEAL,VELA,VELE,

3-letter words (10 found)

ALE,AVE,EEL,EVE,LAV,LEA,LEE,LEV,VAE,VEE,

2-letter words (6 found)

AE,AL,EA,EE,EL,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 30 words from leave according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of leave

leave elave laeve aleve ealve aelve levae elvae lveae vleae evlae velae lavee alvee lvaee vlaee avlee valee eavle aevle evale veale avele vaele leaev elaev laeev aleev ealev aelev leeav eleav leeav eleav eelav eelav laeev aleev leaev elaev aelev ealev eaelv aeelv eealv eealv aeelv eaelv levea elvea lveea vleea evlea velea leeva eleva leeva eleva eelva eelva lveea vleea levea elvea velea evlea evela veela eevla eevla veela evela lavee alvee lvaee vlaee avlee valee laeve aleve leave elave aelve ealve lveae vleae levae elvae velae evlae avele vaele aevle eavle veale evale eavel aevel evael veael aveel vaeel eaevl aeevl eeavl eeavl aeevl eaevl eveal veeal eeval eeval veeal eveal aveel vaeel aevel eavel veael evael

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Definitions and meaning of leave

leave

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /liːv/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /liv/
  • Rhymes: -iːv

Etymology 1

From Middle English leven, from Old English lǣfan (“to leave”), from Proto-West Germanic *laibijan, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to let stay, leave”), causative of *lībaną (“to stay, remain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat”).

Cognate with Old Frisian lēva (“to leave”), Old Saxon lēvian, Old High German leiban (“to leave”), Old Norse leifa (“to leave over”) (whence Icelandic leifa (“to leave food uneaten”)), lifna (“to be left”) (whence Danish levne). More at lave, belive.

The noun is attested since the 19th century, with earliest references to billiards.

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle left)

  1. To have a consequence or remnant.
    1. (transitive) 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.
    2. (transitive or intransitive, copulative) To cause, to result in.
    3. (transitive) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
  2. To depart; to separate from.
    1. To let be or do without interference.
    2. (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
    3. (transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
      • 2018, The Independent, "Brexit: Theresa May 'not bluffing' in threat to leave EU without a deal, Tory minister Liam Fox says"
        If we were to leave, the economic impact on a number of European countries would be severe.
    4. (intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
  3. To transfer something.
    1. (transitive) To transfer possession of after death.
    2. (transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
    3. (transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay.
  5. (transitive, archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (to depart): See Thesaurus:leave
  • (to end one's connection with): depart, forget, leave behind
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Translations

Noun

leave (plural leaves)

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English leve, from Old English lēaf (“permission, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *laubō, *laubą (“permission, privilege, favour, worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love, hold dear”). Cognate with obsolete German Laube (“permission”), Swedish lov (“permission”), Icelandic leyfi (“permission”). Related to Dutch verlof, German Erlaubnis. See also love.

Noun

leave (countable and uncountable, plural leaves)

  2. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
    Synonyms: annual leave, holiday; see also Thesaurus:vacation
  4. (dated or law) Permission.
    Synonyms: authorisation, consent
  5. (dated) Farewell, departure.
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Etymology 3

From Middle English leven, from Old English līefan (“to allow, grant, concede; believe, trust, confide in”), from Proto-West Germanic *laubijan, from Proto-Germanic *laubijaną (“to allow, praise”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love, hold dear”). Cognate with German lauben (“to allow, believe”), Icelandic leyfa (“to allow”).

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle leaved or left)

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

Etymology 4

From Middle English leven, from lef (“leaf”). More at leaf.

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle leaved)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To produce leaves or foliage.
Synonyms
  • leaf (verb)
Translations

Etymology 5

From French lever. Compare levy. Compare also Middle English leve, a variant of levy that may have been monosyllabic.

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle leaved)

  1. (obsolete) To raise; to levy.

References

  • “leave”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “leave”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Veale, veale

Source: wiktionary.org