Definitions for the word "leap" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A basket.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A weel or wicker trap for fish.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A fault.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
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: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v.
(past and past part. Leaped or leapt) jump or spring forcefully. n. Forceful jump. by leaps and bounds with startlingly rapid progress. Leap in the dark daring step or enterprise. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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