leap

Signification

Verb

1. To jump.
2. To pass over by a leap or jump.
3. To copulate with (a female beast)
4. To copulate with (a human)
5. To cause to leap.

Noun

1. The act of leaping or jumping.
2. The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
3. A group of leopards.
4. A significant move forward.
5. A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
6. A fault.
7. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
8. 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.

Adj

Intercalary, bissextile.

Noun

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

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/liːp/

Étymologie

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’).