to leap
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1.0
- verb
- /liːp/
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- With the instructions clear, both men leapt from the tower.
- leap into the air
- leap to one's feet
- leap for joy
It's a plane able to leap tall buildings at a single bound.
- It's a plane able to leap tall buildings at a single bound.
- And sometimes it's that scream that tells you to leap or to be still.
- Ballet dancers leap, they come up and they go down.
- I just leapt off the boat onto the ladder.
- This beauty, this ability for dancers to leap like birds into the air?
- And the monstrosity leapt into the sky, punishing the air with rent wings.
- What holds us, what we walk on, what we fall onto, what we leap from, What holds us.
Examples
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Have you ever seen a rat leap through the air?
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Gutterbuhg shoots. Moving like lightning, Indy leaps out of the way, revealing a large lake behind him.
Fiction book (1990) -
Ballet dancers leap, they come up and they go down.
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I just leapt off the boat onto the ladder.
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"Time for dessert," I say, and leap up from the table, overturning my chair.
Fiction book (1990) -
Val hauls him up and all four of them now leap into the semi-trailer.
Fiction book (1990) -
Before it had even reached shore, Andrew leaped out, Emil puffing to keep up.
Fiction book (1990) -
The second bears a handgun and leaps over the counter to begin emptying cash registers.
Fiction book (1990) -
Without another thought, Betty Lou leaped off the path and hacked her way through the bushes.
Academic text (2011) -
The rabbit made a quick leap over the fence to escape the garden.
Synonyms
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1.0
To push yourself off the ground with your legs into the air
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1.0
To move suddenly by jumping, leaping, or bouncing
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3.2
To leap down from a high place
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1.0
To move by light hops in a playful way
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4.4
To jump over an obstacle, often using the hands or a pole for support
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4.2
To move forward in large jumping steps
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4.4
To jump up quickly and lightly
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5.2
Jump onto a surface like a table or bed
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2.2
To jump lightly from one side to the other using small jumps
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5.4
To move forward with small quick jumps using one foot then the other
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7.4
A sudden quick movement like a bird or insect passing
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8.0
To jump across an obstacle like a fence or wall
To move or grow upward quickly
Antonyms
Idioms
A small action that leads to a very large benefit for all people
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.8
An extra second added to clocks so they match how fast the Earth turns
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Leap comes from an old English word hlēapan meaning 'to jump' or 'spring forward'. So to leap is literally to jump or spring quickly from one place to another.