Defenition of the word leap
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Defenition of the word leap
- To move forward by leaps and bounds.
- a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
- cause to jump or leap, as of a trained animal
- move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
- the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
- an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"
- a light springing movement upwards or forwards
- cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the distance leaped (or to be leaped)
- an abrupt transition
- a sudden and decisive increase
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- cause to jump or leap
- jump down from an elevated point
Synonyms for the word leap
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- bounce
- bound
- jump
- leaping
- spring
Similar words in the leap
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- bestride
- climb on
- get on
- hop on
- jump
- jump on
- jump out
- leap out
- mount
- mount up
- stand out
Hyponyms for the word leap
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- bounce
- bound
- burst
- caper
- capriole
- curvet
- elevation
- galumph
- hop
- hop-skip
- leapfrog
- overleap
- pounce
- pronk
- quantum jump
- quantum leap
- rebound
- recoil
- resile
- reverberate
- ricochet
- saltate
- ski jump
- skip
- spring
- take a hop
- vault
Hypernyms for the word leap
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- change
- distance
- increase
- jump
- jumping
- move
- shift
- switch
- transition
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