A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
A weel or wicker trap for fish.
Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
To copulate with ( a female beast); to cover.
To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
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.
To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
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John was a little ahead of me, when suddenly I saw him take a tremendous leap along the path.
He came with a leap through the window.
- "Parisian Points of View", Ludovic Hal�vy Commentator: Brander Matthews.
Again she felt her heart leap.
- "The Silver Horde", Rex Beach.