leap
leap is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 10 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.]
- 2.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.
- 3.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.
- 4.To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
- 5.To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
- 6.To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
- 7.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.
- 8.Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
- 9.(Mining) A fault.
- 10.(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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- agitation
- amusement
- ance
- and
- bob
- bounce
- bound
- buck
- caper
- capriole
- caracole
- chamois
- curvet
- cut
- dance
- demivolt
- falcade
- fantastic
- flea
- flounce
- foot
- frisk
- frisky
- frog
- goat
- grasshopper
- hop
- jerboa
- jump
- kangaroo
- leaping
- light
- moon
- off
- oneself
- over
- ramp
- saltation
- saltatory
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is leap.
- What is a weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.] called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is to pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch called?
- What is to copulate with (a female beast); to cover called?
- What is to cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch called?
- What is copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast called?
- What is a passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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