LEAP
\lˈiːp], \lˈiːp], \l_ˈiː_p]\
Definitions of LEAP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"
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the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
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cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
By Princeton University
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pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"
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cause to jump or leap, as of a trained animal
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the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A weel or wicker trap for fish.
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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.
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To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
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To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
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To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
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To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
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The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
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Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
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A fault.
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A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
By Oddity Software
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A weel or wicker trap for fish.
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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.
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To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
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To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
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To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
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To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
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The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
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Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
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A fault.
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A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
By Noah Webster.
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To pass over by a bound or jump; as, to leap a ditch; to cause to jump or spring over; as, to leap a horse over a hedge.
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To jump or spring; as, to leap from a wall; to vault; to bound suddenly; as, my heart leaps up.
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The act of passing over with a bound; a jump; a spring; the space passed over in jumping.
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Leaper.
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Leaped, leapt.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To move with springs or bounds: to spring upward or forward: to jump: to rush with vehemence.
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To spring or bound over:-pr.p. leaping; pa.t. leaped or leapt (lept); pa.p. leaped, rarely leapt.
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Act of leaping: bound: space passed by leaping: sudden transition.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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