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# leaving

noun (leavings, usually plural)

«leaving» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Leavings are things left over, such as scraps of food left on a plate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaving/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaving/#x1)
- The mice found the leavings of a great feast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaving/#x2)
- Clear away the leavings after lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaving/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means stopping at a certain point, as in a search that goes from the oldest to the youngest brother. In the primary lessons: in stories leavings are the scraps left after a meal, often given to others to eat

### Examples

- And he searched, beginning at the eldest, and leaving off at the youngest; and the goblet was found in Benjamin's sack. (Torah GEN.44.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaving/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «leaving» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaving/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«leaving» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/leaving.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «leaving» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaving/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«leaving» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/leaving.html) on Mova free.