leavings

Noun

• the act of departing
• A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.

Verb

• go away from a place
• go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
• act or be so as to become in a specified state
• leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
• move out of or depart from
• make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
• have as a result or residue
• remove oneself from an association with or participation in
• put into the care or protection of someone
• leave or give by will after one's death
• have left or have as a remainder
• be survived by after one's death
• transmit (knowledge or skills)
• leave behind unintentionally

Examples

• The leavings were thrown to the dogs.
• The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful.

Synonyms

allow, allow for, bequeath, depart, departure, entrust, exit, forget, get out, give, go away, go forth, go out, going, going away, impart, lead, leave, leave alone, leave behind, leaving, pass on, provide, pull up stakes, result, will

Antonyms

arrive, disinherit, enter