leave vs squat

leave

verb
  • To let be or do without interference. 

  • To cause, to result in. 

  • To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely. 

  • To transfer possession of after death. 

  • To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant. 

  • To produce leaves or foliage. 

  • To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself. 

  • To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit. 

  • To depart; to go away from a certain place or state. 

  • To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with. 

  • To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with. 

  • To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project). 

noun
  • The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball. 

  • The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones). 

  • Permission to be absent; time away from one's work. 

  • Permission. 

squat

verb
  • To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner. 

  • To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation. 

  • To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet. 

  • To cybersquat. 

  • To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee. 

  • To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back. 

noun
  • A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat). 

  • A small vein of ore. 

  • A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter. 

  • A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet. 

  • Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee. 

  • A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet. 

  • A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. 

  • The angel shark (genus Squatina). 

  • A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form. 

adj
  • Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching. 

  • Relatively short or low, and thick or broad. 

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