LEAP

Definitions for the word, leap

(n.) A basket.

(n.) A fault.

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

(n.) A weel or wicker trap for fish.

(n.) Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.

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

(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.

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

(v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.

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

(v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.