Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Leap"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leap \Leap\, n. [AS. le['a]p.]
1. A basket. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
2. A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leap \Leap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaped}, rarely {Leapt}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Leaping}.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle['a]pan
to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. [=a]hl?pan, OFries. hlapa, D.
loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw.
l["o]pa, Dan. l["o]be, Goth. ushlaupan. Cf. {Elope}, {Lope},
{Lapwing}, {Loaf} to loiter.]
1. To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to
vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a
horse. --Bacon.
Leap in with me into this angry flood. --Shak.
2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to
bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the
sky. --Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leap \Leap\, v. t.
1. To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a
ditch.
2. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
3. To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leap \Leap\, n.
1. The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a
jump; a spring; a bound.
Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden
leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural.
--L'Estrange.
Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or
glides. --H. Sweet.
2. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
3. (Mining) A fault.
4. (Mus.) A passing from one note to another by an interval,
especially by a long one, or by one including several
other and intermediate intervals.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
leap
n 1: a light springing movement upwards or forwards [syn: {leaping},
{spring}, {saltation}, {bound}, {bounce}]
2: an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the
major leagues" [syn: {jump}, {saltation}]
3: a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" [syn:
{jump}]
4: the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across
the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can
you jump over the fence?" [syn: {jump}, {bound}, {spring}]
2: pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap
into fame"; "jump to a conclusion" [syn: {jump}]
3: cause to jump or leap, as of a trained animal [syn: {jump}]
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