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Grammar : Verb
Spell : leep
Phonetic Transcription : lip



Definition of leaped

Origin :
  • c.1200, from Old English hliep, hlyp (West Saxon), *hlep (Mercian, Northumbrian) "a leap, bound, spring, sudden movement; thing to leap from;" common Germanic (cf. Old Frisian hlep, Dutch loop, Old High German hlouf, German lauf); from the root of leap (v.). Leaps has been paired with bounds since at least 1720.
  • verb jump, jump over; increase
Example sentences :
  • When he leaped to one side to make the shot, Andrew was already among the trees.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He leaped toward Garson—would have wrenched the pistol from the other's grasp.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The Judge sprang from the car, leaped the stream, and started toward them.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • He leaped to his feet and seized her savagely by the shoulders.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • All over the camp the porters, startled, leaped to their feet.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • He leaped up and ran to the top of the stairs and leant over the banisters.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • But Theseus by this time had leaped up, and caught the monster off his guard.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Nelson, at the head of a few of his seamen, leaped upon the beach.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • Uncas abandoned his rifle, and leaped forward with headlong precipitation.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Suddenly Creon leaped low and caught him by the leg and threw him.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall

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