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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
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
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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