leaving

«leaving» in Mova's school dictionary: things left over, such as scraps of food left on a plate — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (leavings, usually plural)

meaning for a pupil

Leavings are things left over, such as scraps of food left on a plate. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories leavings are the scraps left after a meal, often given to others to eat

examples

• The dog ate the leavings from the plate. tree →
• The mice found the leavings of a great feast. tree →
• Clear away the leavings after lunch. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

In the corpora

• People change jobs and move all the time; not every leaving hides a secret.
• You cannot honestly claim to feel sad the way people do; you should never make someone feel guilty for leaving.
• The sidewinder snake moves sideways and touches the hot sand at only two points, leaving J-shaped tracks.
• A jay's feather is blue because of shape: crush it and the blue is gone, leaving grey-brown.
• A soufflé sinks soon after leaving the oven because the air inside cools and shrinks.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «leaving» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.