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Leap \Leap\, n. [AS. le['a]p.]
1. A basket. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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2. A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.]
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Leap \Leap\ (l[=e]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaped} (l[=e]pt;
277), rarely {Leapt} (l[=e]pt or l[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Leaping}.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle['a]pan to leap, jump,
run; akin to OS. [=a]hl[=o]pan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G.
laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. l["o]pa,
Dan. l["o]be, Goth. ushlaupan. Cf. {Elope}, {Lope},
{Lapwing}, {Loaf} to loiter.]
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.
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Leap in with me into this angry flood. --Shak.
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2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to
bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
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My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky. --Wordsworth.
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Leap \Leap\, v. t.
1. To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a
ditch.
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2. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
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3. To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
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Leap \Leap\, n.
1. The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a
jump; a spring; a bound.
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Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden
leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural.
--L'Estrange.
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Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or
glides. --H. Sweet.
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2. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
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3. (Mining) A fault.
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4. (Mus.) A passing from one note to another by an interval,
especially by a long one, or by one including several
other and intermediate intervals.
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