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Pronunciation : Leap
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. le?p.]
Definition : 1. A basket. [Obs.] Wyclif.

2. A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Leap, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaped
Part of Speech : rarely
Etymology : [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle?pan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. ahl, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. l?pa, Dan. l?be, Goth. ushlaupan. Cf. Elope, Lope, Lapwing, Loaf to loiter.]
Definition : 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.

Leapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Leap
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Leap
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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)

Defn: A fault.

4. (Mus.)

Defn: 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