Thesaurus: leap

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1. n. A basket.
2. n. A weel or wicker trap for fish.
3. 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.
4. v. i. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
5. v. t. To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
6. v. t. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
7. v. t. To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
8. n. The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
9. n. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
10. n. A fault.
11. 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.
12. n. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards