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Leap

Leap Meaning & Definition
Leap Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Leap?

[n] a light springing movement upwards or forwards
[n] the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
[n] an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
[n] a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
[v] pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"
[v] move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
[v] cause to jump or leap, as of a trained animal

Synonyms | Synonyms for Leap: bounce | bound | bound | jump | jump | jump | leaping | saltation | saltation | spring | spring

Related Terms | Find terms related to Leap: accept | access | accession | accretion | accrual | accruement | accumulation | addition | advance | aggrandizement | amount | amplification | anabasis | appreciation | ascension | ascent | augmentation | avant-propos | ballooning | bloating | boom | boost | bounce | bound | breakthrough | broadening | buck | buckjump | buildup | bundle | bustle | caesura | caliber | canter | caper | capriole | cavort | chase | clamber | clear | clearance | climb | climbing | coinage | compass | crescendo | crowd | curvet | cut | dance | dash | dash off | dash on | degree | development | discontinuity | discovery | distance between | double space | double-time | edema | elevation | em space | en space | enlargement | escalade | escalation | exordium | expansion | extension | extent | festinate | flood | foreword | fountain | fox-trot | freeboard | frisk | frolic | front matter | frontispiece | gain | gallop | gambol | get | get going | get moving | git | grade | greatening | growth | gush | gyring up | hair space | half space | hasten | height | hiatus | hightail | hike | hippety-hop | hop | hop along | hotfoot | hurdle | hurry | hurry on | hurry through | hurry up | hurry-scurry | hustle | increase | increment | inflation | innovation | interim | intermediate space | interruption | interspace | interstice | interval | introduction | invention | jet | jump | jump at | jump over | lacuna | leap over | leapfrog | leeway | level | levitation | lope | lose no time | make haste | make tracks | margin | mark | measure | mount | mounting | move quickly | multiplication | negotiate | neologism | new phase | notch | novelty | nuance | overjump | overleap | overskip | overture | pas | peg | period | pitch | plane | plateau | plunge | point | post | postulate | pounce | pounce on | pounce upon | prance | preamble | preface | prefix | prefixture | preliminary | prelude | premise | press on | presupposition | productiveness | proem | prolegomena | prolegomenon | prolepsis | proliferation | prologue | proportion | protasis | push on | quickly | race | raise | range | rapidly | ratio | reach | remove | rise | rising | rocketing up | romp | room | round | run | rung | rush | rush through | saltation | scale | scamper | scope | scramble | scurry | scuttle | shade | shadow | shooting up | single space | ski jump | skip | skip over | snowballing | soaring | space | space between | speedily | spout | spread | spring | sprint | spurt | stair | standard | start | start aside | start up | steeplechase | step | step along | step lively | stint | surge | swelling | swiftly | take | takeoff | taking off | tear | time interval | tread | trip | trot | tumescence | up | upclimb | upcoming | updive | updraft | upgang | upgo | upgoing | upgrade | upgrowth | uphill | upleap | uplift | upping | uprisal | uprise | uprising | uprush | upshoot | upslope | upspring | upsurge | upsurgence | upsweep | upswing | uptrend | upturn | vault | verse | voluntary | waxing | widening | zooming

See Also | bestride | bounce | burst | caper | capriole | change | climb on | curvet | distance | elevation | galumph | get on | hop | hop on | hop-skip | increase | jump | jump on | jump out | jumping | leap | leap out | leapfrog | mount | mount up | move | overleap | pounce | pronk | quantum jump | quantum leap | rebound | recoil | resile | reverberate | ricochet | saltate | shift | ski jump | skip | stand out | stick out | switch | take a hop | transition | vault

Leap In Webster's Dictionary

\Leap\, n. [AS. le['a]p.] 1. A basket. [Obs.] --Wyclif. 2. A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.]
\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.
\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.
\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.

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