learning, n. 1. erudition, scholarship, wisdom, sapience, education, schooling, instruction, tuition; letters, culture, Archaic, literature, book learning, pedantry; knowledge, information, facts, data, lore.
2. study, studying, research, researching, investigation, investigating, inquiry, inquiring, query, questioning; search, searching, quest, questing, exploration, exploring, hunt, hunting; enlightenment, cultivation, cultivating, edification, edifying, acquisition. lease, n. 1. rental agreement, sublease, sublet; contract, subcontract, agreement.
-v. 2. rent out, hire out, farm out, let, let out, sublet, sublease, underlet, Law. demise; lend out, loan out, grant temporary use of.
3. rent, pay rent on or for, live in, occupy temporarily; charter, hire, farm, take. leash, n. 1. lead, tether, rein, harness, bridle, halter, yoke, collar; thong, line, strap, rope, cord, chain, tie, binding.
2. check, curb, restraint, hold, constraint; control, order, discipline, line.
-v. 3. tether, hitch, harness, bridle, collar, rein;
lash, string, strap, chain, tie up, secure.
4. control, keep under control, be in control of, exercise control over, govern, rule, be the master of, be in the driver's seat, manage, channel, direct, guide, employ or use judiciously or prudently; restrict, check, curb, restrain, hold, constrain; confine, lock up, pen up, hold in, bind, pinion.
5. bind or tie together, hook up, fasten, yoke, couple; connect, link, associate, join, unite. leather, n. 1. tanned hide or skin, chamois, kid, suede, cordovan, mocha, glove leather; doeskin, deerskin, goatskin, capeskin, lambskin, sheepskin, pigskin, sealskin, shark's skin; snakeskin, alligator, crocodile, lizard; horsehide, buffalo hide, cowhide, shoe leather; rawhide, shagreen; imitation or fake leather, Trademark. Leatherette, Trademark. Leatheroid.
-adj. 2. leathern, made of leather, like leather, leatherlike, coriaceous, leathery.
-v. 3. Informal, strap, belt, beat, flog, whip, lash, flagellate, scourge, horsewhip; flail, thrash, Inf. wallop, thresh, Inf. hide, Inf. tan [s.o.'s] hide. leathery, adj. leathern, leatherlike, coriaceous; coarse, rough, rugged, strong, tough, resistant, inflexible, rigid; durable, long-lasting, long-lived, long-wearing. leave1, v. 1. quit, depart, go away, go along, take one's leave, take leave; part, part company, separate from, go, go out, be off, get off, exit, make an exit, make off, be gone; push off, shove off, Inf hightail it, Inf. buzz along, Inf. (both usu. imperative) buzz off, SI. go fly a kite; SI. blast off, SI. breeze off or out, SI. cut or cut out, SI. split, SI. vamoose, Brit. SI. beetle off, Brit. SI. bugger off; evacuate, vacate, pull up stakes, break camp; fly, flee, Inf. skip, flit, Brit. SI. do a moonlight flit; say good-by, bid farewell, bid adieu, bid Godspeed; withdraw, remove, retreat, take oneself away.
2. embark, entrain, enplane, embus; sail forth, set sail, weigh anchor, hoist anchor, ship out.
3. abandon, quit, desert, forsake; surrender, yield, relinquish; drop, Inf. drop like a hot potato, turn one's back on, wash one's hands of; leave behind, leave in the lurch, take leave of; discard, jettison, cast away.