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Meaning Of Leap

  1. n.
    A basket.
  2. n.
    A weel or wicker trap for fish.
  3. v. i.
    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.
  4. v. i.
    To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
  5. v. t.
    To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
  6. v. t.
    To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
  7. v. t.
    To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
  8. n.
    The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
  9. n.
    Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
  10. n.
    A fault.
  11. n.
    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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