leap
/liːp/
Dictionary
noun
- The act of leaping or jumping.
- The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
- A group of leopards.
- A significant move forward.
- A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
"It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs."
- A fault.
- Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
- A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
- A salmon ladder.
verb
- To jump.
- To pass over by a leap or jump.
"to leap a wall or a ditch"
- To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
- To cause to leap.
"to leap a horse across a ditch"
adjective
- (calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.
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