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leavings

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: L IY1 V IH0 NG Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Examples

  • The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Participial form of "leave".

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: остатъци (ostatǎci) — that which is left
  • Finnish: tähteet — that which is left
  • Irish: fuílleach — that which is left
  • Old English: laf — that which is left
  • Plautdietsch: Äwabliefsel — that which is left