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PRONUNCIATION OF LEAVINGS

leavings  [ˈliːvɪŋz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEAVINGS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Leavings is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEAVINGS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of leavings in the English dictionary

The definition of leavings in the dictionary is something remaining, such as food on a plate, residue, refuse, etc.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEAVINGS


bearings
ˈbɛərɪŋz
dissolvings
dɪˈzɒlvɪŋz
earnings
ˈɜːnɪŋz
feelings
ˈfiːlɪŋZ
findings
ˈfaɪndɪŋz
fittings
ˈfɪtɪŋz
furnishings
ˈfɜːnɪʃɪŋz
Kings
kɪŋz
leggings
ˈlɛɡɪŋz
proceedings
prəˈsiːdɪŋz
rankings
ˈræŋkɪŋz
ratings
ˈreɪtɪŋz
ravings
ˈreɪvɪŋz
savings
ˈseɪvɪŋz
Springs
sprɪŋz
strings
strɪŋz
surroundings
səˈraʊndɪŋz
things
θɪŋz
wings
ˈwɪŋz
Writings
ˈraɪtɪŋz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEAVINGS

leave someone alone
leave someone cold
leave someone in the lurch
leave someone or something in the dust
leave someone to himself
leave someone to his own devices
leave the field
leave well alone
leave-taking
leaved
leaven
leavened bread
leavening
leavenous
Leavenworth
leaver
leaves
leaving
leaving present

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEAVINGS

beginnings
belongings
Colorado Springs
Cummings
dealings
facings
filings
forced savings
Hastings
housings
in the wings
innings
mornings
National Savings
screenings
teachings
to be seeing things
with all the trimmings
wood shavings
workings

Synonyms and antonyms of leavings in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LEAVINGS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «leavings» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of leavings

Translation of «leavings» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEAVINGS

Find out the translation of leavings to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of leavings from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leavings» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

残渣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sobras
570 millions of speakers

English

leavings
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अवशेष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رواسب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

объедки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

leavings
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আবর্জনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

restes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Leavings
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Überreste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

残り物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

leavings
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Leavings
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

leavings
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எச்சம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अवयव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

artanlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

resti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

leavings
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

недоїдки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

resturi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απομεινάρια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rommel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

leavings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leavings
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leavings

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEAVINGS»

The term «leavings» is regularly used and occupies the 82.155 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEAVINGS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leavings

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEAVINGS»

Discover the use of leavings in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leavings and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Leavings
From the hilarious post-PMS future in "Even the Queen" to love and quantum physics exposed in "At the Rialto" or the eerie experience of "Death on the Nile", author Connie Willis--winner of a record six Nebula and six Hugo Awards--weaves ...
P. D. Cacek, 1997
2
Leavings: Poems
Following the widely praisedGiven, this new collection offers a masterful blend of epigrams, elegies, lyrics, and letters, with the occasional short love poem.
Wendell Berry, 2010
3
Three Plays: Kafka in Love, Last Leavings, Double Shoot
It was performed on a national broadcast on France Culture (the French National Radio) and in a staged reading by The Upstart State Company. See also Hal Lieberman's "Throne of Straw" from Boson Books at bosonbooks.com.
Hal Lieberman, 2000
4
Angels in Disguise: Leavings & Goings at the Chocolate Hills
While still in his 20s, the author discovered the Chocolate Hills in Intramuros, the antique and hispanic walled-in city in Manila, Philippines, where heady events have been taking place for many years.
Jerome Espinosa Baladad, 2012
5
Shorn Sharer: Leavings
Thus, have we slid into an era of insensitivity and mean-spirited intent. -SHORN SHARER–Leavings is a unique account of this dissuasion. Imbibe this protracting voice of concern--SHORN SHARER.
Mitchell Alexander Jackson, 2007
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Between Culture and Fantasy: A New Guinea Highlands Mythology
She lifts the body so the men standing around her can see that no leavings packet has been placed beneath the buttocks. Often, however, the deceased's kinsmen refuse to allow such direct access to the corpse. Instead, they may invite their ...
Gillian Gillison, 1993
7
The New Orleans Sniper: A Phenomenological Case Study of ...
Leavings. Items found by police and linked (or linkable) to Essex served as evidence to plot a path for him beginning on December 31, 1972 at Central Lockup and through the Perdido Street vacant lots to the Oliver Van Horn Company, the ...
Frances Chaput Waksler, 2010
8
Leavings: A Novel and Exegesis
In the novel, Billie, a painter living on the Hawkesbury River, remembers her life in Italy and England in a search for family and identity.
Catherine Padmore, 2001
9
The Achievement of Wendell Berry: The Hard History of Love
“Sabbath VII, 2006” suggests that any god served by killing children “for righteousness' sake” is merely one “thoughtified to the mean / of our smallest selves” (Leavings, 74). If “the nation is a boat,” as “Sabbath II, 2007” remarks, it is disturbing ...
Fritz Oehlschlaeger, 2011
10
The First Dutch Settlement in Alberta: Letters from the ...
Leavings." Then in 1902 a box car was placed at the Leavings siding to serve as a station. In late 1902 Hans Ellison began constructing a small general store there, which opened the following May. The Leavings post oflice was then set up in ...
Donald W. Sinnema, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEAVINGS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leavings is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: From Holocaust survivor to hero-INSIDE Korea JoongAng …
Starvation, disease and the ever-present threat of execution was rampant, but the 14-year-old stayed alive by stealing food leavings discarded ... «Korea JoongAng Daily, Jul 15»
2
Mountain Town News: Grizzly cubs victims to their own in Banff …
Fires were suppressed zealously in the mid-20th century, leavings forests older and more susceptible to fires. Major assemblage of private jets ... «Summit Daily News, Jul 15»
3
Aunt Helena
There's no combination more lamentable than a German shepherd's intestinal leavings and a patterned sole. Think of it as a scatological ... «Napa Valley Register, Jul 15»
4
How historically accurate is The Witcher? Part 3 - Destructoid
We as modern peoples rely on sewers to take our leavings away, for our convenience and our hygiene. We also rely on sewers to take away ... «Destructoid, Jul 15»
5
Community Calendar
Pet owners must clean up after a pet's leavings. VFW Membership: The members of Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post No. 7963, 284 Main St., ... «Valley Advantage, Jul 15»
6
Social experiment teaches adults what it's like to be left in a hot car
... if they could last 10 minutes in a hot car as a poignant reminder of the dangers of leavings kids alone in the car, even for just a few minutes. «6abc.com, Jul 15»
7
Local and organic groceries a tasty, accessible option for discerning …
(Groundz is a Northeast Ohio-based organic waste recycling nonprofit that turns food waste into compost, distributing those leavings to farmers, ... «freshwatercleveland, Jul 15»
8
Turn those restaurant leftovers into something new and delicious
Smartly use those leavings, whether from restaurant meals or takeout chow, to create something new and delicious. In so doing, you'll even be ... «Yakima Herald-Republic, Jul 15»
9
Longboat Key Letters – Week ending July 10, 2015
... and the real health hazard caused by their leavings and deposits on pool areas, driveways and yards, real estate transactions cancelled. «Longboat Key News, Jul 15»
10
George Smith: In Dayton: On the wings of a P-51 ...
She passed away a month or so ago and since then there's been two trips up here while the blonde and a cousin settle her leavings. Me? «Anniston Star, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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