Leap
Leap , noun
[Anglo-Saxon leáp.]
1.
A basket. [Obsolete] — Wyclif
2.
A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Provincial English]
Leap (lēp) , intransitive verb
[Old English lepen, leapen, Anglo-Saxon hleápan to leap, jump, run; akin to Old Saxon āhlōpan, OFries. hlapa, Dutch loopen, German laufen, Old High German louffan, hlauffan, Icelandic hlaupa, Swedish lopa, Danish lobe, Gothic ushlaupan. Compare 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
Leap in with me into this angry flood.
2.
To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Figuratively
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky.
Leap , transitive verb
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.
Leap , noun
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.
Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides.
2.
Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
3.
(Mining) A fault.
4.
(Music) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.