| leap | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To jump. | |
| 2. v. To pass over by a leap or jump. | |
| to leap a wall or a ditch | |
| 3. v. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover. | |
| 4. v. To cause to leap. | |
| to leap a horse across a ditch | |
| 5. n. The act of leaping or jumping. | |
| 6. n. The distance traversed by a leap or jump. | |
| 7. n. A group of leopards. | |
| 8. n. (figuratively) A significant move forward. | |
| 9. n. (figuratively) A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts. | |
| It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs. | |
| 10. n. (mining) A fault. | |
| 11. n. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast. | |
| 12. n. (music) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals. | |
| 13. n. (calendar) Intercalary, bissextile. | |
| 14. n. (obsolete) A basket. | |
| 15. n. A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely. | |
| 16. n. Half a bushel. | |
