Leap
41leap — v. & n. v. (past and past part. leaped or leapt) 1 intr. jump or spring forcefully. 2 tr. jump across. 3 intr. (of prices etc.) increase dramatically. n. a forceful jump. Phrases and idioms: by leaps and bounds with startlingly rapid progress.… …
42leap — verb (past or past participle leaped or leapt) 1》 jump or spring a long way. ↘jump across. 2》 move quickly and suddenly. ↘(leap at) accept (an opportunity) eagerly. ↘(leap out) (especially of writing) be conspicuous; stand out. 3》 (of …
43leap — 1. verb 1) he leaped over the gate Syn: jump over, jump, vault over, vault, spring over, bound over, hop (over), hurdle, leapfrog, clear 2) Claudia leapt to her feet Syn: spring …
44leap in — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms leap in : present tense I/you/we/they leap in he/she/it leaps in present participle leaping in past tense leaped in or leapt in past participle leaped in or leapt in to do something immediately, and often… …
45leap — [liːp] (past tense and past participle leaped [liːpt] leapt; [lept] ) verb I 1) to move somewhere suddenly and quickly He leapt out of bed.[/ex] She leapt to her feet (= suddenly stood up) when she saw me.[/ex] 2) to jump into the air or over a… …
46leap — 1. verb /liːp/ To jump from one location to another. It is grete nede a man to go bak to recouer the better his leep Syn: bound, hop, jump, spring 2 …
47leap — [OE] Prehistoric Germanic *khlaupan was the source of English leap, and of its relatives German laufen and Dutch loopen (these both denote ‘run’, a meaning which leap used to have – and which is preserved in its first cousins lope [15], a… …
48leap — [OE] Prehistoric Germanic *khlaupan was the source of English leap, and of its relatives German laufen and Dutch loopen (these both denote ‘run’, a meaning which leap used to have – and which is preserved in its first cousins lope [15], a… …
49leap — Synonyms and related words: accept, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amount, amplification, anabasis, appreciation, ascension, ascent, augmentation, avant propos, ballooning,… …
50leap at — accept (an opportunity) eagerly. → leap …
