Definitions of Leap [ɛpt, lipt]

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Definition of 'Leap'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) leap
to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump:
to leap over a ditch.

2.  leap
to move or act quickly or suddenly:
to leap aside; to leap at an opportunity.

3.  leap
to pass, come, rise, etc., as if with a jump:
an idea leaped to mind.

4. (v.t.) leap
to pass over by or as if by jumping:
to leap a fence.

5.  leap
to cause to leap:
to leap a horse.

6. (n.) leap
a spring, jump, or bound; light, springing movement.

7.  leap
the distance covered in a leap; distance jumped.

8.  leap
a place leaped or to be leaped over or from.

9.  leap
an abrupt transition:
a successful leap to stardom.

10.  leap
a sudden and decisive increase:
a leap in profits.

Definition of 'Leap'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

2. (noun) leap, jump, saltation
an abrupt transition
"a successful leap from college to the major leagues"

3. (noun) jump, leap
a sudden and decisive increase
"a jump in attendance"

4. (verb) leap
the distance leaped (or to be leaped)
"a leap of 10 feet"

5. (verb) jump, leap, bound, spring
move forward by leaps and bounds
"The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

6. (verb) leap, jump
pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
"leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"

7. (verb) jump, leap, jump off
jump down from an elevated point
"the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"

8. (verb) jump, leap
cause to jump or leap
"the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"

Definition of 'Leap'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) leap
to jump a long distance
The frog leaped into the water.

2.  leap
to move quickly
She leapt up to answer the phone.

3.  leap
to increase or advance by a large amount
The price of housing leapt up.

4.  leap
leap at the chance/opportunity
to accept a chance to do sth eagerly
She leapt at the chance to travel abroad.

5. (noun) leap
a sudden increase or advance
a leap forward in laser technology

6.  leap
in leaps and bounds
increasing or advancing quickly
Her English is improving in leaps and bounds.

7.  leap
a long jump
a leap over the fence

8.  leap
a leap of faith
a choice or decision you make without any evidence to support it
Accepting her offer was a leap of faith.

Definition of 'Leap'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Leap
a basket

2. (noun) Leap
a weel or wicker trap for fish

3. (noun) Leap
the act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound

4. (noun) Leap
copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast

5. (noun) Leap
a fault

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

7. (verb) Leap
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

8. (verb) Leap
to spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig

9. (verb) Leap
to pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch

10. (verb) Leap
to copulate with (a female beast); to cover

11. (verb) Leap
to cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch

Translation of 'Leap'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to jump He leapt into the boat.
Afrikaans: spring	Arabic: يَقْفِز	Bulgarian: скачам
Brazilian: saltar	Czech: skočit	German: springen
Danish: springe; hoppe	Greek: πηδώ	Spanish: saltar, brincar
Estonian: hüppama	Farsi: پریدن	Finnish: hypätä
French: sauter	Hebrew: לִקפוֹץ	Hindi: उछलना
Croatian: skakati	Hungarian: ugrik	Indonesian: melompat
Icelandic: stökkva	Italian: saltare	Japanese: 跳ぶ
Korean: (껑충) 뛰다	Lithuanian: šokti	Latvian: lēkt; lēkāt
Malay: melompat	Dutch: springen	Norwegian: springe, hoppe
Polish: skoczyć	Persian: پریدن	Pashto: خيز وهل
Portuguese: saltar	Romanian: a sări	Russian: прыгать
Slovak: skočiť	Slovenian: skočiti	Serbian: skočiti
Swedish: hoppa	Thai: กระโดด	Turkish: atlamak, sıçramak, zıplam
Taiwanese: 跳	Ukrainian: стрибати, скакати	Urdu: اچھلنا
Vietnamese: nhảy	Chinese: 跳
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