Definition of "leap" in Anglais

verb

1. (intransitive) To jump.

   • Th’ infernal monarch rear’d his horrid head, Leapt from his throne, lest Neptune’s arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day.
   • It is better to leap into the void.

2. (transitive) To pass over by a leap or jump.

   • to leap a wall or a ditch

3. (archaic, transitive) To copulate with (a female beast)

4. (archaic) To copulate with (a human)

5. (transitive) To cause to leap.

   • to leap a horse across a ditch

noun

1. The act of leaping or jumping.

   • He made a leap across the river.
   • 1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides.

2. The distance traversed by a leap or jump.

3. A group of leopards.

4. (figuratively) A significant move forward.

5. (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.

6. (mining) A fault.

7. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.

8. (music) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.

9. A small cataract over which fish attempt to jump; a salmon ladder.

adjective

1. (calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.

noun

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

2. Half a bushel.