1. To forsake, leave behind
2. To give up with the intent of never claiming again; SYN. give up.
3. To leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; SYN. forsake, desert, to leave in the lurch.
4. To stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; SYN. give up.
1. To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake.
2. To abandon (a military group) without leave; to abandon one's duty.
1. To empty completely.
2. To excrete or discharge from the body; SYN. void, eliminate, empty.
3. To move out of an unsafe location into safety.
4. To move people from their homes or country.
5. To create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc.); SYN. exhaust.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: forsook, forsaken).
1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave.
2. To renounce; to reject; to refuse.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: left).
1. To be survived by after one's death; SYN. leave behind.
2. To cause to be in a specified state.
3. To go away from a place; SYN. go forth, go away.
4. To have left or have as a remainder.
5. To leave behind.
6. To leave home, school, a position, etc.; SYN. depart.
7. To leave unchanged or unaltered.
8. To let be; leave alone or undisturbed; SYN. let.
9. To make a possibility or provide opportunity for; SYN. allow for, allow, provide for.
10. To refrain from taking; SYN. leave behind.
11. To result in; SYN. result, lead.
1. To let loose; release; to free from restraint
2. To make loose; untie
3. To cast loose; detach
4. To let fly; discharge
5. To make less rigid, tight, or strict; relax
6. To let fly a missile (as an arrow); fire
To go beyond; outdo
(Irregular preterit, past participle: quit).
1. To stop an action.
2. To take leave of one's employment, permanently and abruptly.
3. To exit from an enclosed area.
1. Left alone; stranded
2. No longer inhabited
3. Left desolate or empty; SYN. deserted.
4. Free from constraint.
ETYM Latin derelictus, p. p. of derelinquere to forsake wholly, to abandon; de- + relinquere to leave. Related to Relinquish.
1. Deserted or abandoned as by an owner.
2. Failing in what duty requires; SYN. delinquent, neglectful, remiss.
ETYM Old Eng., p. p. of forlesen to lose utterly, AS. forleósan (p. p. forloren); pref. for- + leósan (in comp.) to lose; cf. Dutch verliezen to lose, German verlieren, Swed. förlora, Dan. forloren, Goth. fraliusan to lose. Related to For-, and Lorn, Lose.
Marked by or showing hopelessness.
1. Not bound or fastened or gathered together
2. Not carefully arranged in a package
3. Not fixed firmly or tightly
4. Not restrained or confined or attached
5. Not tense or taut; SYN. slack.
6. Not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
7. Not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
8. (Of a ball in sport) Not in the possession or control of any player
9. (Of textures) Full of small openings or gaps; SYN. open.
10. Freely producing mucus
ETYM Old Eng. quite, Old Fren. quite, French quitte. Related to Quit, Quiet.
(Usually followed by 'of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty); SYN. rid.
ETYM Latin desertio: cf. French désertion.
Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; SYN. abandonment, defection.
In a forlorn manner.