LEASH

collar, leash

(noun) a figurative restraint; “asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market”; “kept a tight leash on his emotions”; “he’s always gotten a long leash”

leash, tether, lead

(noun) restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

three, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace

(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

rope, leash

(verb) fasten with a rope; “rope the bag securely”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

leash (plural leashes)

A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.

Synonym: lead

A brace and a half; a tierce.

A set of three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.

• Ben Jonson

• Tennyson

A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.

(surfing) A leg rope.

Verb

leash (third-person singular simple present leashes, present participle leashing, simple past and past participle leashed)

To fasten or secure with a leash.

(figuratively) to curb, restrain

Antonyms

• unleash

Anagrams

• Hales, Heals, Sahel, Saleh, Selah, hales, halse, heals, selah, shale, sheal

Source: Wiktionary

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Leash, n. Etym: [OE. lese, lees, leece, OF. lesse, F. laisse, LL.laxa, fr. L. laxus loose. See Lax.]

1. A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog. Even like a fawning greyhound in the leash. Shak.

2. (Sporting)

Definition: A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general. [I] kept my chamber a leash of days. B. Jonson. Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings. Tennyson.

3. (Weaving)

Definition: A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.

Leash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Leashing.]

Definition: To tie together, or hold, with a leash.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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