Antonyms for leap
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : leep |
| Phonetic Transcription : lip |
Definition of leap
Origin :- c.1200, from Old English hleapan "to jump, run, leap" (class VII strong verb; past tense hleop, past participle hleapen), from Proto-Germanic *khlaupan (cf. Old Saxon hlopan, Old Norse hlaupa, Old Frisian hlapa, Dutch lopen, Old High German hlouffan, German laufen "to run," Gothic us-hlaupan "to jump up"), of uncertain origin, with no known cognates beyond Germanic. Leap-frog, the children's game, is attested by that name from 1590s; figurative use by 1704.
- First loke and aftirward lepe [proverb recorded from mid-15c.]
- Related: Leaped; leaping.
- noun jump; increase
- verb jump, jump over; increase
- Again we take a leap of about twenty years, and alight in the midst of the Revolution.
- Extract from : « Old News » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- He had but to say to me, 'Leap into the water,' and I would not have stopped to pull off my coat.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He was throwing back the robe to leap from the sleigh when the figure reached him.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Kirkwood rose, balancing himself against the leap and sway of the boat.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Tired and weighted, she dared not try the leap; she skirted around.
- Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
- Perhaps it was the Truth feebly endeavouring to leap to his lips.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- It was idle; a magic seems to shield a captive's leap for life.
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- If it please you to take a leap into nothing it were pity to thwart you.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- He did not snarl at her, nor show his teeth, when any leap of hers chanced to put her in advance of him.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- The she-wolf was one leap behind One Ear and holding her own.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
Synonyms for leap
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