different between lave vs leave

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Etymology 1

From Middle English laven (“to wash; pour out; stream”), from Old English lafian, ?elafian (“to pour water on; refresh; wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *lab?n (“to refresh; revive; strengthen”), influenced, if not wholly borrowed, from Latin lav? (“to wash, bathe”), though sometimes contentiously compared to Ancient Greek ????? (l?phá?, “to recover, rest”) of unknown origin.

Verb

lave (third-person singular simple present laves, present participle laving, simple past and past participle laved)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

2. (transitive) To draw, as water; drink in.
   • 2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road, London: Picador, 2007, p. 38.

     The boy walked out and squatted and laved up the dark water.

3. (transitive) To give bountifully; lavish.
4. (intransitive) To run down or gutter, as a candle.
5. (intransitive, dialectal) To hang or flap down.
6. (transitive, intransitive, literary or poetic) To wash.
   • 1789, William Lisle Bowles, 'Sonnet I' from Fourteen Sonnets, 1789.

     the tranquil tide, / That laves the pebbled shore.

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English lave, laif, lafe (“remainder, rest, that which is left”), from Old English l?f (“lave, remainder, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *laib? (“remainder”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”). Cognate with Old High German leiba (“lave”), Old Norse leif (“lave”), Old English bel?fan (“to remain”). More at belive.

Noun

lave (uncountable)

1. (archaic or dialectal) The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others.
   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 12.

     Then they set upon us and slew some of my slaves and put the lave to flight.

   • 1896 (posthumously), Robert Louis Stevenson, Songs of Travel and other verses.

     Give to me the life I love, / Let the lave go by me...

2. (dialectal) A crowd
   • 1807, Ancient historic ballads - Page 72:

     Of prelates proud, a populous lave, And abbots boldly there were known.

Synonyms

• (that which is left): remnant, residue; See also Thesaurus:remainder

References

Anagrams

• Leva, Vale, Veal, Vela, avel, eval, leva, vale, veal, vela

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?v?/, [?læ???], [?læ??]
• Rhymes: -a?v?

Etymology 1

From Old Norse laga, derived from lag (“layer”). Cognate with Norwegian lage, Swedish laga.

Verb

lave (imperative lav, infinitive at lave, present tense laver, past tense lavede, perfect tense har lavet)

1. to make, create, construct, produce
2. to cook, prepare
3. to do
4. to repair, mend, fix

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

lave

1. definite of lav
2. plural of lav

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

lave c

1. (obsolete) dative singular indefinite of lag

Usage notes

Only used in the fixed expression af lave (“out of order”).

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lav/

Noun

lave f (plural laves)

1. (usually uncountable) lava

Derived terms

• fontaine de lave

Verb

lave

1. inflection of laver:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “lave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• leva

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French laver (“wash”).

Verb

lave

1. to wash

Italian

Noun

lave f

1. plural of lava

Anagrams

• leva
• vale
• vela

Middle English

Verb

lave

1. Alternative form of laven

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

lave

1. definite singular of lav
2. plural of lav

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -avi

Verb

lave

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of lavar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of lavar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of lavar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of lavar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lave]

Noun

lave f

1. indefinite plural of lav?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of lav?

Scots

Etymology

Middle Scots lave, laif, lafe (“remainder, rest, that which is left”), from Old English l?f (“lave, remainder, rest”). Akin to Old High German leiba (“lave”), Old Norse leif (“lave”), Old English bel?fan (“to remain”). More at leave.

Noun

lave

1. (archaic) rest, remainder.

   Ye are bit a wumman lik the lave, an ye maun thole the brunt o whit life mey bring. — Janet's Love and Service

Spanish

Verb

lave

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of lavar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lavar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lavar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of lavar.

Swedish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lave c

1. a towerlike building atop a mine shaft
2. a wooden bench in a sauna

Declension

Related terms

• bastulave
• gruvlave

See also

• lav

Anagrams

• elva, leva, vale, vela

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /li?v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /liv/
• Rhymes: -i?v

Etymology 1

From Middle English leven, from Old English l?fan (“to leave”), from Proto-Germanic *laibijan? (“to let stay, leave”), causative of *l?ban? (“to stay, remain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat”). Cognate with Old Frisian l?va (“to leave”), Old Saxon l?vian, 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.

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.

      • Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way.

      • The foot / That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.

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.
   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

5. (transitive, archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke V:

     When he had leeft speakynge, he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nette to make a draught.

   • 1716 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Basset-Table. An Eclogue.[1]

     Now leave Complaining, and begin your Tea.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to end one's connection with): depart, forget, leave behind

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Formed in English by conversion (anthimeria) of the transitive verb leave (“cause or allow to remain available”). Attested since the 19th century, with earliest references to billiards.

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 3

From Middle English leve, from Old English l?af (“permission, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *laub?, *laub? (“permission, privilege, favour, worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewb?- (“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)

1. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.

3. (dated or law) Permission.
4. (dated) Farewell, departure.

Synonyms

• (permission to be absent): annual leave, holiday; see also Thesaurus:vacation
• (permission): authorisation, consent

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English leven, from Old English l?efan (“to allow, grant, concede; believe, trust, confide in”), from Proto-Germanic *laubijan? (“to allow, praise”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewb?- (“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 5

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.
   • 1868, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, 2nd edition:

     Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say:

     Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?

Synonyms

• leaf (verb)

Translations

Etymology 6

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.
• leave in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Veale, veale