Leap

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leap \Leap\, n. [AS. le['a]p.]
     1. A basket. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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     2. A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leap \Leap\ (l[=e]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaped} (l[=e]pt;
     277), rarely {Leapt} (l[=e]pt or l[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Leaping}.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle['a]pan to leap, jump,
     run; akin to OS. [=a]hl[=o]pan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G.
     laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. l["o]pa,
     Dan. l["o]be, 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.
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              Leap in with me into this angry flood. --Shak.
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     2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to
        bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
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              My heart leaps up when I behold
              A rainbow in the sky.                 --Wordsworth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leap \Leap\, v. t.
     1. To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a
        ditch.
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     2. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
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     3. To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leap \Leap\, n.
     1. The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a
        jump; a spring; a bound.
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              Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden
              leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
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              Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or
              glides.                               --H. Sweet.
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     2. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
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     3. (Mining) A fault.
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     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  leap
       n 1: a light springing movement upwards or forwards [syn: {leaping},
             {spring}, {saltation}, {bound}, {bounce}]
       2: an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the
          major leagues" [syn: {jump}, {saltation}]
       3: a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" [syn:
           {jump}]
       4: the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
       v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across
            the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can
            you jump over the fence?" [syn: {jump}, {bound}, {spring}]
       2: pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into
          fame"; "jump to a conclusion" [syn: {jump}]
       3: cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through
          the hoop" [syn: {jump}]
       [also: {leapt}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  284 Moby Thesaurus words for "leap":
     accept, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement,
     accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amount,
     amplification, anabasis, appreciation, ascension, ascent,
     augmentation, avant-propos, ballooning, bloating, boom, boost,
     bounce, bound, breakthrough, broadening, buck, buckjump, buildup,
     bundle, bustle, caesura, caliber, canter, caper, capriole, cavort,
     chase, clamber, clear, clearance, climb, climbing, coinage,
     compass, crescendo, crowd, curvet, cut, dance, dash, dash off,
     dash on, degree, development, discontinuity, discovery,
     distance between, double space, double-time, edema, elevation,
     em space, en space, enlargement, escalade, escalation, exordium,
     expansion, extension, extent, festinate, flood, foreword, fountain,
     fox-trot, freeboard, frisk, frolic, front matter, frontispiece,
     gain, gallop, gambol, get, get going, get moving, git, grade,
     greatening, growth, gush, gyring up, hair space, half space,
     hasten, height, hiatus, hightail, hike, hippety-hop, hop,
     hop along, hotfoot, hurdle, hurry, hurry on, hurry through,
     hurry up, hurry-scurry, hustle, increase, increment, inflation,
     innovation, interim, intermediate space, interruption, interspace,
     interstice, interval, introduction, invention, jet, jump, jump at,
     jump over, lacuna, leap over, leapfrog, leeway, level, levitation,
     lope, lose no time, make haste, make tracks, margin, mark, measure,
     mount, mounting, move quickly, multiplication, negotiate,
     neologism, new phase, notch, novelty, nuance, overjump, overleap,
     overskip, overture, pas, peg, period, pitch, plane, plateau,
     plunge, point, post, postulate, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon,
     prance, preamble, preface, prefix, prefixture, preliminary,
     prelude, premise, press on, presupposition, productiveness, proem,
     prolegomena, prolegomenon, prolepsis, proliferation, prologue,
     proportion, protasis, push on, quickly, race, raise, range,
     rapidly, ratio, reach, remove, rise, rising, rocketing up, romp,
     room, round, run, rung, rush, rush through, saltation, scale,
     scamper, scope, scramble, scurry, scuttle, shade, shadow,
     shooting up, single space, ski jump, skip, skip over, snowballing,
     soaring, space, space between, speedily, spout, spread, spring,
     sprint, spurt, stair, standard, start, start aside, start up,
     steeplechase, step, step along, step lively, stint, surge,
     swelling, swiftly, take, takeoff, taking off, tear, time interval,
     tread, trip, trot, tumescence, up, upclimb, upcoming, updive,
     updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap,
     uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot,
     upslope, upspring, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, uptrend,
     upturn, vault, verse, voluntary, waxing, widening, zooming
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  LEAP
       
          Language for the Expression of Associative Procedures.
       
          ALGOL-based formalism for sets and associative retrieval, for
          TX-2.  Became part of SAIL.
       
          "An ALGOL-based Associative Language", J.A. Feldman et al,
          CACM 12(8):439-449 (Aug 1969).