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leap

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1. leap - Noun

2. leap - Adjective

3. leap - Verb

4. Leap - Proper noun

Meaning

A basket.

A weel or wicker trap for fish.

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.

To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.

To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.

To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.

To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.

The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.

A fault.

A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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There is still time for endurance, time for patience, time for healing, time for change. Have you slipped? Rise up. Have you sinned? Cease. Do not stand among sinners, but leap aside. Basil of Caesarea

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. Neil Armstrong

There is nothing more dangerous than to leap a chasm in two jumps. David Lloyd George

Look before you leap. English Proverb

He who would leap high must take a long run. Danish Proverb

He who is an ass and takes himself to be a stag finds his mistake when he comes to leap the ditch. Italian Proverb

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