Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.

    Do you want some of the leftover supplies from the event?

    I have some leftover spaghetti in the fridge, so I don't plan to cook tonight.

    übrig, übergeblieben

    оста́вшийсяostávšijsja

More definitions
  • not used up

Examples

178 sentences
  1. I fed the leftovers to my dog.

    Я згодував залишки моєму собаці. — deniko

    ruЯ скормил объедки своей собаке. — Biga

    deDas übrige Essen ließ ich meinen Hund fressen. — jakov

  2. Tom is eating leftovers.

    Том їсть залишки. — deniko

    ruТом доедает остатки. — marafon

  3. I didn't want to eat leftovers.

  4. I don't want to eat leftovers.

  5. Tom fed his leftovers to his dog.

    ruТом скормил свои объедки своей собаке. — Lenin_1917

    deTom fütterte die Überreste seinem Hund. — Esperantostern

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
remaining, left behind:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
remaining, left behind:

Origin

From left (“remaining, abandoned”) + over (“excess”).

From left (“remaining, abandoned”) + over (“excess”).

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Collocations

5 patterns
  • eat leftovers
  • to eat leftovers
  • eat leftovers again
  • leftovers again
  • some leftovers

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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