Leap (?), n. [AS. le�xa0;p.]
1.
A basket.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.
2.
A weel or wicker trap for fish.
[Prov. Eng.]
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Leap (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaped (?), rarely Leapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaping.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle�xa0;pan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. ahlpan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. lopa, Dan. lobe, 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.
Leap in with me into this angry flood.
Shak.
2.
To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
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.
2.
To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
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.
Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural.
L'Estrange.
Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides.
H. Sweet.
2.
Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
3. Mining
A fault.
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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