Definition of leap

• n. - A basket.
• n. - A weel or wicker trap for fish.
• v. i. - 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.
• v. i. - To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
• v. t. - To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
• v. t. - To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
• v. t. - To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
• n. - The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
• n. - Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
• n. - A fault.
• n. - A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.