Leap
31leap — 1 verb past tense and past participle leapt, especially BrE leaped especially AmE 1 JUMP a) (intransitive always + adv/prep) to jump high into the air or to jump in order to land in a different place: Jen leapt across the stream. b) (T) literary… …
32leap — [c]/lip / (say leep) verb (leapt /lɛpt/ (say lept) or leaped, leaping) –verb (i) 1. to spring through the air from one point or position to another: to leap over a ditch. 2. to move quickly and lightly: to leap aside. 3. to pass, come, rise, etc …
33Leap — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Leap >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 leap leap jump hop spring bound vault saltation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 dance dance caper Sgm: N 2 curvet curvet …
34leap — {{11}}leap (n.) c.1200, from O.E. hliep, hlyp (W.Saxon), *hlep (Mercian, Northumbrian) a leap, bound, spring, sudden movement; thing to leap from; common Germanic (Cf. O.Fris. hlep, Du. loop, O.H.G. hlouf, Ger. lauf); from the root of LEAP (Cf.… …
35Leap — This interesting and unusual surname of Northern English origin derives from the old English pre 7th Century Leap a basket, and was originally given as a metonymic occupational name to a maker of baskets. One, John le Lepmaker of Norfolk is… …
36leap — Lele; ♦ leap at, kiki, ulele; ♦ leap away, lī ō; ♦ leap suddenly, lele koke; ♦ leap into water, iamo, lele ō ō, lele kawa; ♦ take a flying leap, lele kīko o; ♦ leap on a spear, kūpololū. Also: leina, lei, mahiki, lelekē,… …
37leap on — (of a male) to copulate with The common imagery of violent movement: You can t take a vow of celibacy... You ll be leaping on someone and then feeling guilty. (I. Murdoch, 1985) Shakespeare used leap into of marriage: I should …
38leap on — phrasal verb leap on or leap upon [transitive] Word forms leap on : present tense I/you/we/they leap on he/she/it leaps on present participle leaping on past tense leaped on or leapt on past participle leaped on or leapt on leap on something to… …
39leap — I. verb (leaped or leapt; leaping) Etymology: Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan; akin to Old High German hlouffan to run Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to spring free from or as if from the ground ; jump …
40leap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Spring through the air Nouns 1. leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault; bounce (see recoil). 2. dance, caper; curvet, prance, skip, gambol, frolic, romp, buck. 3. leaper, jumper, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois …
