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Leap

noun
1.
A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards.  Synonyms: bounce, bound, leaping, saltation, spring.
2.
An abrupt transition.  Synonyms: jump, saltation.
3.
A sudden and decisive increase.  Synonym: jump.
4.
The distance leaped (or to be leaped).
verb
(past & past part. leapt or leaped; pres. part. leaping)
1.
Move forward by leaps and bounds.  Synonyms: bound, jump, spring.  "The child leapt across the puddle" , "Can you jump over the fence?"
2.
Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another.  Synonym: jump.  "Jump to a conclusion" , "Jump from one thing to another"
3.
Jump down from an elevated point.  Synonyms: jump, jump off.  "Every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge" , "The widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
4.
Cause to jump or leap.  Synonym: jump.



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"Leap" Quotes from Famous Books



... The charity of God presses us.[1] And how does it press us if not by urging us to desire God. This longing for God is as a spur to the heart, causing it to leap forward on its way to God. The desire of glory incites the soldier to run all risks, and he desires glory because he loves it for its own sake, and deems it a blessing more precious ...
— The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales • Jean Pierre Camus
... speaking distance of the dead, the living must know the facts, and understand the ideas which informed and inspired the dead. Thought and attention are scarcely to be reckoned among necromantic arts, but thought and knowledge "can make these bones live," and stand upon their feet, if they do not leap and sing. ...
— The Works of Lord Byron - Poetry, Volume V. • Lord Byron
... coast of the Channel, whose flag floats over the two greatest harbors of Europe and over the Congo basin—England would have to come into a friendly agreement as a power of equal strength, entitled to equal rights. If it is unwilling to do so? Lion, leap! On our young soil we await thee! The day of adventure wanes. But for the German who dares unafraid to desire things the harvest labor of heroic warriors has quickly filled ...
— New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various
... bread-crumbs. . . . . Sometimes he would gasp When he saw a wasp, A fly or a gnat He would fly at that; And prettily he would pant When he saw an ant; Lord, how he would fly After the butterfly. And when I said Phip, Phip Then he would leap and skip, And take me by the lip. Alas it will me slo,* That Philip ...
— English Literature For Boys And Girls • H.E. Marshall
... white hand that held together the heavy coat, and kissed it in a kind of frenzy, while Lena, rigid with desire to be quite sure what this signified, peered stolidly at him from over the big collar. She was too wise in her generation to leap to conclusions about the ultimate meaning of Dick's passion. She would not unbottle any emotion until ...
— Jewel Weed • Alice Ames Winter


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