LEAPT
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
Verb
leapt
simple past tense and past participle of leap
Anagrams
• -petal, Patel, Plate, lepta, palet, pelta, petal, plate, platĂ©, pleat, tepal
Source: Wiktionary
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