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   Leap , n. [AS. leáp.]
   A basket. [Obs.]
   Wyclif.
   
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   A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.]
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   Leap , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaped , rarely Leapt  ; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaping.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hleápan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. āhlōpan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. löpa, Dan. löbe, Goth. ushlaupan.  Cf. Elope, Lope, Lapwing, Loaf to loiter.]
   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.
   Bacon.
   
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    Leap in with me into this angry flood.
   Shak.
   
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   To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
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   My heart leaps up when I behold
   A rainbow in the sky.
   Wordsworth.
   
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   Leap, v. t.
   To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
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   To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
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   To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
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   Leap, n.
   The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
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   Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural.
   L'Estrange.
   
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   Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides.
   H. Sweet.
   
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   Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
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   (Mining) A fault.
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   (Mus.) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
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