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Leap (?), n. [AS. leáp.] 1. A basket. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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2. A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.]
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Leap (l&ē;p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaped (l&ē;pt; 277), rarely Leapt (l&ē;pt or lĕpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaping.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hleápan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. &ā;hl&ō;pan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. l&ö;pa, Dan. l&ö;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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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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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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