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De - Pt| English Dictionary: leaping | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for leaping | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Leap \Leap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaped}, rarely {Leapt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaping}.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle[a0]pan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. [be]hl[?]pan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. l[94]pa, Dan. l[94]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. 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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Leaping \Leap"ing\, a. & n. from {Leap}, to jump. {Leaping house}, a brothel. [Obs.] --Shak. {Leaping pole}, a pole used in some games of leaping. {Leaping spider} (Zo[94]l.), a jumping spider; one of the Saltigrad[91]. | |
