Leap

·noun A Fault.

II. Leap ·noun A weel or wicker trap for fish.

III. Leap ·noun A Basket.

IV. Leap ·noun Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.

V. Leap ·vt To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.

VI. Leap ·vt To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.

VII. Leap ·vt To copulate with (a female beast); to Cover.

VIII. Leap ·noun The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.

IX. Leap ·vi To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to Bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.

X. Leap ·noun A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.

XI. Leap ·vi 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.