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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
leap
n 1: a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn:
leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound,
bounce]
2: an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the
major leagues" [syn: leap, jump, saltation]
3: a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" [syn:
jump, leap]
4: the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across
the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you
jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, leap, bound,
spring]
2: pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into
fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to
another" [syn: leap, jump]
3: jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't
want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the
Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
[syn: jump, leap, jump off]
4: cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through
the hoop" [syn: jump, leap]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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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6. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) |
LEAP
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (Cisco, EAP,
cryptography, WLAN)
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7. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
LEAP
Language for the Expression of Associative Procedures.
ALGOL-based formalism for sets and associative retrieval, for
TX-2. Became part of SAIL.
"An ALGOL-based Associative Language", J.A. Feldman et al,
CACM 12(8):439-449 (Aug 1969).
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Thesaurus Results for leap:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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