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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Leap \Leap\, n. [AS. le['a]p.] 1. A basket. [Obs.] --Wyclif. [1913 Webster] 2. A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Leap \Leap\ (l[=e]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaped} (l[=e]pt; 277), rarely {Leapt} (l[=e]pt or l[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaping}.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle['a]pan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. [=a]hl[=o]pan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. l["o]pa, Dan. l["o]be, Goth. ushlaupan. Cf. {Elope}, {Lope}, {Lapwing}, {Loaf} to loiter.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Leap in with me into this angry flood. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig. [1913 Webster] My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Leap \Leap\, v. t. 1. To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch. [1913 Webster] 2. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Leap \Leap\, n. 1. The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound. [1913 Webster] Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides. --H. Sweet. [1913 Webster] 2. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mining) A fault. [1913 Webster] 4. (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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: leap n 1: a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn: {leap}, {leaping}, {spring}, {saltation}, {bound}, {bounce}] 2: an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues" [syn: {leap}, {jump}, {saltation}] 3: a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" [syn: {jump}, {leap}] 4: the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet" v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: {jump}, {leap}, {bound}, {spring}] 2: pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another" [syn: {leap}, {jump}] 3: jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre" [syn: {jump}, {leap}, {jump off}] 4: cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop" [syn: {jump}, {leap}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: LEAP Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (Cisco, EAP, cryptography, WLAN)