Antonyms for leash

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : leesh

Phonetic Transcription : liʃ

Definition of leash

Origin : "thong for holding a dog or hound," c.1300, from Old French laisse "hound's leash," from laissier "loosen," from Latin laxare, from laxus "loose" (see lax). Figurative sense attested from early 15c. The meaning "a set of three" is from early 14c., originally in sporting language.

noun rein
verb rein, hold

Example sentences :

As he came near, the girl could hold herself in leash no longer.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

He must have slipped his cousin's leash, for he was at the Nicaragua almost as soon as I was.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

But not any known law, human or divine, could hold our thoughts in leash.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

She strained at the warps that held her like a greyhound at its leash.
Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Up to this time he had held his age back in the leash of an iron will.
Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter

I am a man not to be held in the leash of an adventure like this; but she held me.
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

I keep my ambition in leash, and still and on they must be snapping like curs at Argile.
Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro

Strange that now I felt like a greyhound in the leash, longing to be anywhere but where I was.
Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed

By her side were seven greyhounds, other seven she led by a leash.
Extract from : « Stories from the Ballads » by Mary MacGregor

He spoke calmly, in the repressed voice of a man who holds "passion in a leash."
Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall

Synonyms for leash

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