leap

[Leap]

The word leap is another word for "jump," but it gives a slightly different image one of lightness and quickness, perhaps a movement with a little more spring in it than a regular jump.

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A basket.

Noun
a light springing movement upwards or forwards

Noun
the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"

Noun
an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"

Noun
a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"

Verb
pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"

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Verb
move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

Verb
cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"

n.
A basket.

n.
A weel or wicker trap for fish.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Leap

Leap , n. [AS. le'a0p.] 1. A basket. [Obs.] Wyclif. 2. A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.]

Leap

Leap , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaped , rarely Leapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaping.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle'a0pan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. 'behlpan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. l'94pa, Dan. l'94be, 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.

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.

Leap

Leap, v. t. 1. To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch. 2. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover. 3. To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.

Leap

Leap, n. 1. The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.

Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural.

Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides.

2. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast. 3. (Mining) A fault. 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.

A basket.

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

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

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Usage Examples

It's best to leap into something you know you love. You might change your mind later, but that is the privilege of youth.

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear.

It's a leap of faith doing any serialised storytelling.

Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.

No one else in our family was a professional musician so this took an enormous leap of faith on their part.

But back to your question, it was a wonderful experience with the Art Ensemble, and I keep in contact and sort of follow what's going on, but it was also very important to make this step, you may say this leap of faith.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control.

I love costumes. I love getting dressed up because it really helps my imagination make the leap to believe that I am who I say I am.

Every day the eye is subject to a thousand tiny shocks as a thousand industries compete for the eye-kick, the visual hook that will lock the consumer into product for that crucial second where the tiny - or not so tiny - leap of the imagination is made.

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.

I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap into it, because that's not good for anybody.

I honestly believe that the next big leap in immersive technology will be very much like Brainstorm.