Synonyms for leaped

Grammar : Verb

Spell : leep

Phonetic Transcription : lip

Top 10 synonyms for leaped

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Définition 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

Antonyms for leaped

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