--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 11 description: The 644 words of the English dictionary under L, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / L # L — The English dictionary · page 11 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/10/) **11** [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/12/) … [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/35/) **leal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Leal means loyal and true; faithful to a friend or a promise.[↗](../../leal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dog was leal to his master.[↗](../../leal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A leal friend stays by you in trouble.[↗](../../leal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Be faithful and leal, as the song says.[↗](../../leal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **lean** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To lean is to bend your body towards something or away from straight: «Lean forward».[↗](../../lean/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To lean on or against something is to rest your weight on it.[↗](../../lean/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To lean on someone is to depend on them for help.[↗](../../lean/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Lean (adjective) means thin and fit, or (of meat) having little fat.[↗](../../lean/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't lean out of the window.[↗](../../lean/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lean your bike against the wall.[↗](../../lean/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She leaned forward to hear better.[↗](../../lean/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans to one side.[↗](../../lean/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You can always lean on your family for help.[↗](../../lean/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't lean back on your chair.[↗](../../lean/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose lean meat for a healthy meal.[↗](../../lean/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The runner was tall and lean.[↗](../../lean/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Lean your little head against us."[↗](../../lean/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.[↗](../../lean/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lean/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine.[↗](../../lean/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lean/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein, or not.[↗](../../lean/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.13.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lean/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?[↗](../../lean/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.8.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lean/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · My knees totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness.[↗](../../lean/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.109.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lean/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Trust in the LORD with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.[↗](../../lean/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.3.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lean/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **leaneth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «leaneth» means «leans», a form of «lean»: To lean is to bend your body towards something or away from straight: «Lean forward».[↗](../../leaneth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. —[↗](../../leaneth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.21.15, JPS 1917) **leap** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To leap means to jump high or far.[↗](../../leap/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To leap also means to move or act suddenly, like leaping out of bed.[↗](../../leap/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A leap is a big jump, or a big sudden change.[↗](../../leap/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A leap year has 366 days, with an extra day at the end of February.[↗](../../leap/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The frog leapt into the pond.[↗](../../leap/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The deer leaped over the fence.[↗](../../leap/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She leapt out of bed when she heard the news.[↗](../../leap/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a giant leap for science.[↗](../../leap/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In a leap year, February has 29 days.[↗](../../leap/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat made a great leap onto the shelf.[↗](../../leap/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His reading has improved by leaps and bounds.[↗](../../leap/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He leapt at the chance to go camping.[↗](../../leap/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The king leaped from his horse.[↗](../../leap/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Yet these may ye eat of all winged swarming things that go upon all fours, which have jointed legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth; (Torah LEV.11.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leap/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.[↗](../../leap/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leap/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.[↗](../../leap/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leap/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Hast thou made him to leap as a locust?[↗](../../leap/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leap/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.[↗](../../leap/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leap/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Hark! my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.[↗](../../leap/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.2.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leap/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **learn** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To learn is to come to know something new, or to get a new skill: learn to swim.[↗](../../learn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To learn something by heart is to remember it word for word.[↗](../../learn/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To learn about something is to find out about it: we learned about volcanoes.[↗](../../learn/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Learned (as an adjective) means having much knowledge gained from study and reading.[↗](../../learn/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* First, a little revision of what we learned before …[↗](../../learn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Today we learn to divide.[↗](../../learn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ella learns 4 new words each day.[↗](../../learn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I learned to ride my bike last summer.[↗](../../learn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We are learning about the solar system.[↗](../../learn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn your times tables by heart.[↗](../../learn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We learn from our mistakes.[↗](../../learn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My dog learned a new trick.[↗](../../learn/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.[↗](../../learn/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.18.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../learn/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.'[↗](../../learn/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.31.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../learn/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them.[↗](../../learn/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.5.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../learn/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works; (Writings PSA.106.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../learn/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.[↗](../../learn/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.22.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../learn/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.[↗](../../learn/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.16.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../learn/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **learner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A learner is a person who is learning something, like a pupil at school or someone learning a new skill.[↗](../../learner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A learner driver is someone learning to drive a car who has not passed the driving test yet.[↗](../../learner/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, Ireland) An L-plate (a red L on white) shows that a car is driven by a learner.[↗](../../learner/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She's a fast learner and picked up chess in a week.[↗](../../learner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car had L-plates because Mum is a learner driver.[↗](../../learner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school wants every learner to feel welcome.[↗](../../learner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · English learners often find spelling tricky.[↗](../../learner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Be patient with learners; everyone starts somewhere.[↗](../../learner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad's a learner on the guitar, so it sounds a bit wobbly.[↗](../../learner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lease** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lease is a written agreement to rent a house or land for a time.[↗](../../lease/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To lease is to rent something under such an agreement.[↗](../../lease/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old use, in rhymes) To go a-leasing is to go gleaning, picking up the corn left in the fields after harvest.[↗](../../lease/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We signed a lease for the flat.[↗](../../lease/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They leased a field for their sheep.[↗](../../lease/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Titty Mouse went a-leasing in the field.[↗](../../lease/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tatty Mouse went a-leasing too.[↗](../../lease/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **leased** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (money, law) Leased means rented under a written agreement for a fixed time, such as a house, car, office or land.[↗](../../leased/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To have leased something out means to have let someone else use it in return for money.[↗](../../leased/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The family leased a flat for two years.[↗](../../leased/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer leased the field to his neighbour.[↗](../../leased/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad drives a leased car from his work.[↗](../../leased/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop is in a leased building.[↗](../../leased/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The council leased the old hall to a dance club.[↗](../../leased/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They leased the boat for the summer.[↗](../../leased/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **leash** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A leash is a strap or cord used to lead a dog.[↗](../../leash/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To leash is to fasten or hold a dog with a leash.[↗](../../leash/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Keep the dog on a leash in the park.[↗](../../leash/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad leashed the puppy before the walk.[↗](../../leash/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hound pulled hard on its leash.[↗](../../leash/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **least** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Least means the smallest amount.[↗](../../least/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") The one with the least has less than all the others.[↗](../../least/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «At least» means that number or more, not fewer: «at least 3 coins».[↗](../../least/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «At least» also means «anyway, there is one good thing»: «It rained, but at least we had umbrellas».[↗](../../least/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Not in the least» means not at all.[↗](../../least/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Who has the least money?[↗](../../least/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Which box holds the least water?[↗](../../least/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You need at least 3 coins.[↗](../../least/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · At least how many cars are needed for 20 people?[↗](../../least/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The least common multiple of 4 and 6 is 12.[↗](../../least/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was cold, but at least it didn't rain.[↗](../../least/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Last but not least, thank you to our helpers.[↗](../../least/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Brush your teeth at least twice a day.[↗](../../least/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · No one has the least idea.[↗](../../least/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And her brother and her mother said: 'Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.'[↗](../../least/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.55, JPS 1917)[↗](../../least/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails; he that gathered least gathered ten heaps; and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.[↗](../../least/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.11.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../least/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · This work then, or a similar predecessor, is at least as old as a.d.[↗](../../least/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") 200.[↗](../../least/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../least/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The smallest shall become a thousand, and the least a mighty nation; I the LORD will hasten it in its time.[↗](../../least/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.60.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../least/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof; (Prophets JDG.3.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../least/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host; he that was least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest to a thousand.[↗](../../least/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.12.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../least/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **leather** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Leather is a strong material made from the skin of animals such as cows, treated so it does not rot, used for shoes, bags, belts, jackets and balls.[↗](../../leather/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My school shoes are made of leather.[↗](../../leather/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The saddle is made of brown leather.[↗](../../leather/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Leather comes from the skin of animals.[↗](../../leather/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa has an old leather-bound book.[↗](../../leather/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The football was made of leather in the old days.[↗](../../leather/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Vegan leather is made without animal skin.[↗](../../leather/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And they answered him: 'He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins.'[↗](../../leather/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") And he said: 'It is Elijah the Tishbite.'[↗](../../leather/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leather/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **leatherback** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The leatherback turtle, the largest turtle in the world, a sea turtle whose shell is covered with tough, leathery skin instead of hard plates.[↗](../../leatherback/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The leatherback is the biggest turtle on Earth.[↗](../../leatherback/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A leatherback can weigh as much as a small car.[↗](../../leatherback/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Leatherbacks eat mostly jellyfish.[↗](../../leatherback/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plastic bags in the sea can kill a leatherback that thinks they are food.[↗](../../leatherback/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Leatherback mothers come ashore at night to lay eggs in the sand.[↗](../../leatherback/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The leatherback's shell feels like rubbery leather.[↗](../../leatherback/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **leathery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Leathery means tough, thick and dry like leather.[↗](../../leathery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Leathery skin is rough and wrinkled, often from lots of sun and wind.[↗](../../leathery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Holly has dark, leathery leaves.[↗](../../leathery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old fisherman had a leathery face.[↗](../../leathery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats have leathery wings.[↗](../../leathery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Turtle eggs have leathery shells.[↗](../../leathery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The steak was overcooked and leathery.[↗](../../leathery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lizards have tough, leathery skin.[↗](../../leathery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Desert plants often have leathery leaves to keep in water.[↗](../../leathery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The pterodactyl spread its leathery wings.[↗](../../leathery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **leave** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To leave is to go away from a place: leave the room.[↗](../../leave/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To leave something is to let it stay where it is, or to forget it.[↗](../../leave/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I left my bag at school.[↗](../../leave/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Left means still there after others went or were used: two cakes are left.[↗](../../leave/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To leave alone is to not touch or bother.[↗](../../leave/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To leave something to someone is to give it to them, often after you die.[↗](../../leave/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Grandpa left me his watch.[↗](../../leave/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Leave (a noun) is time off work, or permission: sick leave, leave to speak.[↗](../../leave/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual) «Leave it out!»[↗](../../leave/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") (UK) means stop it or I don't believe you; «leave it to me» means I'll do it; «I'm off» or «heading off» means I'm leaving.[↗](../../leave/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (rough) «Leave me alone!», «leave it!» shouted at someone mean stop bothering me; said to a dog «leave it» means don't touch.[↗](../../leave/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* (euphemism) «Was let go» or «left the company» can hide being sacked; «left us» can mean died.[↗](../../leave/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 10:* (formal) The exam voice says «depart», «vacate», «remain», «retain», «residual», «the remainder».[↗](../../leave/#m10 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There were 10 books.[↗](../../leave/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Zoe gave 2 of them away.[↗](../../leave/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") How many books are left?[↗](../../leave/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 6 children were in the room and 2 left.[↗](../../leave/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ben spent 5 pounds.[↗](../../leave/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") How much money does he have left?[↗](../../leave/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We leave for school at eight.[↗](../../leave/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I left my lunch at home\![↗](../../leave/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Leave the door open, please.[↗](../../leave/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Leave the cat alone; she is sleeping.[↗](../../leave/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Only three biscuits are left in the tin.[↗](../../leave/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · can i pet him?? he's growling → No, leave him and walk away slowly.[↗](../../leave/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Leave it out, you didn't eat 10 pies\![↗](../../leave/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Leave my stuff alone or else.[↗](../../leave/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Determine the number of volumes remaining, given that 2 of the original 10 were removed.[↗](../../leave/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But we cannot leave you here.[↗](../../leave/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses said unto them: 'Let no man leave of it till the morning.'[↗](../../leave/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.16.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leave/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, except by a mighty hand.[↗](../../leave/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.3.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leave/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And he searched, beginning at the eldest, and leaving off at the youngest; and the goblet was found in Benjamin's sack.[↗](../../leave/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leave/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · And where will ye leave your glory?[↗](../../leave/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.10.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leave/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?[↗](../../leave/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leave/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · I pray you, let us leave off this exaction.[↗](../../leave/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.5.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leave/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **leaven** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A substance, such as old fermented dough or yeast, that is added to dough to make it rise and become light and puffy.[↗](../../leaven/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It shall not be baked with leaven.[↗](../../leaven/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.6.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leaven/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee, in all thy borders.[↗](../../leaven/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.13.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leaven/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · No meal-offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven; for ye shall make no leaven, nor any honey, smoke as an offering made by fire unto the LORD.[↗](../../leaven/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.2.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../leaven/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/10/) **11** [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/12/) … [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/35/) - ← previous: [page 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/10/) - next →: [page 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/12/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)