leap
/liːp/
noun
Meaning
The act of leaping or jumping.
The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
A group of leopards.
A significant move forward.
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."
A fault.
Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
A salmon ladder.
verb
Meaning
To jump.
To pass over by a leap or jump.
"to leap a wall or a ditch"
To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
To cause to leap.
"to leap a horse across a ditch"
Synonyms
adjective
Meaning
(calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.