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leap

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/liːp/ English

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noun

  1. The act of leaping or jumping.
  2. The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
  3. A group of leopards.
  4. A significant move forward.

verb

  1. To jump.
  2. To pass over by a leap or jump.“to leap a wall or a ditch”
  3. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
  4. To cause to leap.“to leap a horse across a ditch”

adjective

  1. (calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.

noun

  1. A basket.
  2. A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
  3. Half a bushel.

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