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Leap

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.

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

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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