Leap

/ˈliːp/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To jump..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To jump.
2. (transitive) To pass over by a leap or jump.
3. (archaic, transitive) To copulate with (a female beast)
4. (archaic) To copulate with (a human)
5. (transitive) To cause to leap.
6. The act of leaping or jumping.
7. The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
8. A group of leopards.

Example Sentences

Th’ infernal monarch rear’d his horrid head, Leapt from his throne, lest Neptune’s arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day.

It is better to leap into the void.

It is grete nede a man to go bak to recouer the better his leep

I, I defie thee: wert not thou next him when he leapt into the Riuer?

“See you, one should not ask for outside proof—no, reason should be enough. But the flesh is weak, it is consolation to find that one is on the right track. Ah, my friend, I am like a giant refreshed. I run! I leap!” And, in very truth, run and leap he did, gambolling wildly down the stretch of lawn outside the long window.

to leap a wall or a ditch

⁠Deep folly! yet that this could be— ⁠That I could wing my will with might ⁠To leap the grades of life and light, And flash at once, my friend, to thee: […]

go leap her, and engender young devilings

Synonyms for leap

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Word Forms

• leaps
• leaping
• leaped
• leapt
• lept
• lope
• lopen
• leep

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