leap
Betekenis (Engels)
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- To jump.
- To pass over by a leap or jump.
- To copulate with (a female beast)
- To copulate with (a human)
- To cause to leap.
Sinonieme
jump over
move quickly
climb over
bump along
cause to fly
jump to a conclusion
leap over
pounce upon
sudden increase
leap into
flying up
move by bounds
go by leaps
jumping motion
move the limbs quickly
cross river
throw oneself into
flying jump
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/liːp/
Etimologie (Engels)
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. Cognate with West Frisian ljeppe (“to jump”), Dutch lopen (“to run; to walk”), German laufen (“to run; to walk”), Danish løbe, Norwegian Bokmål løpe, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”) (compare Lithuanian šlùbti ‘to become lame’, klùbti ‘to stumble’).
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