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LEAP

leap, jump

(verb) pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; “leap into fame”; “jump to a conclusion”; “jump from one thing to another”

jump, leap, bound, spring

(verb) move forward by leaps and bounds; “The horse bounded across the meadow”; “The child leapt across the puddle”; “Can you jump over the fence?”

jump, leap

(verb) cause to jump or leap; “the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

leapt

simple past tense and past participle of leap

Anagrams

• -petal, Patel, Plate, lepta, palet, pelta, petal, plate, platé, pleat, tepal

Source: Wiktionary

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LEAP

Leap, n. Etym: [AS. leáp.]

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.] Etym: [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hleápan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. ahl, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. löpa, Dan. löbe, 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)

Definition: A fault.

4. (Mus.)

Definition: 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

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