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Entry 11 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Leap

/lēp/ · IPA /lip/
01 n. A basket.
  1. 1.
    A basket.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    A weel or wicker trap for fish.[Prov. Eng.]
02 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.
imp. & p. p. Leaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaping
  1. 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.
    “Leap in with me into this angry flood.” — Shak.
  2. 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.
03 v. t. To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
  1. 1.
    To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
  2. 2.
    To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
  3. 3.
    To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
04 n. The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
  1. 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. 2.
    Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
  3. 3.
    A fault.(Mining)
  4. 4.
    A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.(Mus.)