leap in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
leap in Kashmiri कॉशुर
leap in Sindhi سنڌي
leap in English
- leap⇄expr. a leap in the dark, a thing done without knowing what its results will be; hazardous undertaking; blind venture.
Ex. No doubt ... a great experiment, and ""taking a leap in the dark"" (Earl Derby). - leap⇄expr. by leaps and bounds, very fast and very much; swiftly.
Ex. The fire spread by leaps and bounds. - leap⇄leap, noun, verb, leapedorleapt,leaping.
- leap⇄noun 1. a jump or spring; bound.
Ex. He went over the fence with a single leap.
2. something to be jumped over or from.
Ex. Lover's Leap.
3. the distance covered by a jump. - leap⇄v.i. 1. to jump; spring.
Ex. That frog leaps very high. He leaped up the stone steps by two at a time (George Eliot).
(SYN) bound.
2. (Figurative.) to pass, come, rise, or take place, as if with a leap or bound.
Ex. An idea leap - leap⇄v.t. 1. to jump over.
Ex. He leaped the wall. (Figurative.) The mind leaps an interval of time.
(SYN) vault.
2. to cause to leap.
Ex. She leapt her horse over many hurdles as she raced through the forest.