"leavings" meaning in All languages combined

See leavings on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: Participial form of "leave". Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} leavings pl (plural only)
  1. A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (that which is left): остатъци (ostatǎci) [masculine, plural] (Bulgarian), tähteet [plural] (Finnish), laf (Old English), Äwabliefsel [neuter] (Plautdietsch)
    Sense id: en-leavings-en-noun-WBLRJpAn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum

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  "etymology_text": "Participial form of \"leave\".",
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        {
          "text": "The leavings were thrown to the dogs."
        },
        {
          "text": "The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "shaving",
          "shaving"
        ],
        [
          "sawdust",
          "sawdust"
        ]
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ostatǎci",
          "sense": "that which is left",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "остатъци"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "that which is left",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "tähteet"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "that which is left",
          "word": "laf"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "that which is left",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Äwabliefsel"
        }
      ]
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        },
        {
          "text": "The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful."
        }
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "ostatǎci",
      "sense": "that which is left",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "остатъци"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which is left",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "tähteet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "that which is left",
      "word": "laf"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "that which is left",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Äwabliefsel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leavings"
}

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