leap | leap sözüniň manysy AjapSozluk.com

Ugruny üýtget

Webster's English Dictionary

leap
n. [AS. lep.]1. A basket. (Wyclif.)
2. A weel or wicker trap for fish. ()
v. i. [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hlepan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. hlpan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. lpa, Dan. lbe, 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.)
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. ()
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. (L'Estrange.)
Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides. (H. Sweet.)
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. ()


© Ajapsozluk.com 2008-2022.