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leap

/ˈliːp/ verb

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In Latin: saliō, circumsiliō Wiktionary

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  1. To jump.
  2. To pass over by a leap or jump.
    to leap a wall or a ditch
  3. To copulate with (a female beast)

noun

  1. The act of leaping or jumping.
    He made a leap across the river.
  2. The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
  3. A group of leopards.

adjective

  1. Intercalary, bissextile.

noun

  1. A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
  2. Half a bushel.

Origin

From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, and loop.

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