- (v.t.) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
- (n.) A basket.
- (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.
- (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.
- (v.t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
- (n.) Copulation with or coverture of, a female beast.
- (v.t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall or a ditch.
- (n.) A weel or wicker trap for fish.
- (n.) The act of leaping or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
- (v.i.) To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
- (n.) A fault.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
| APA | Webster's. (2011). leap. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/leap/definitions/2027080 |
| Chicago | Webster's. 2011. "leap" http://smartdefine.org/leap/definitions/2027080 (accessed September 20, 2026). |
| Harvard | Webster's 2011, leap, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/leap/definitions/2027080>. |
| MLA | Webster's. "leap" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/leap/definitions/2027080> |