01 n. A basket.
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A basket.[Obs.]
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A weel or wicker trap for fish.[Prov. Eng.]
Entry
11 senses · 4 variants
Webster, 1913
Leap
/lēp/
· IPA /lip/
02 v. i. 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.
imp. & p. p.
Leaped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Leaping
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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.“Leap in with me into this angry flood.” — Shak.
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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.
03 v. t. To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
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To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
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To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
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To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
04 n. The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
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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.
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Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
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A fault.(Mining)
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A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.(Mus.)