1) the surrounding of a place e.g. by armies or warships, to stop goods or people from entering or leaving (blockade)
2) an active, profitable business; an act of leaving (going)
3) the act of omitting, leaving out, something (omission)
4) definite; sure; leaving no room for doubt; of the sort caused by a lack of electrons (positive)
5) one of the four main divisions of the year, i.e. spring, summer, autumn, winter; to add salt, pepper etc to (food) to improve the taste; to make (wood) suitable for use by leaving it to dry (season)
6) an instance of leaving out part of the middle of a word, as in e'er = ever (syncope)
the internal parts of an animal (e.g. heart, liver, kidneys), used for food
garbage
(an act, process, of) resigning
relinquishment of responsibility
a small (usually unwanted) piece; a small amount
tiny bit of something
the first part of a journey, activity etc; (to cause a person, thing) to take the first action, go into operation
beginning
