Leap /(?)/

1. A basket. [Obs.]
2. A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.]

imp. & p. p. Leaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaping

1. To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse.

   Leap in with me into this angry flood.

2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.

   My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky.

1. To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
2. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
3. To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.

1. The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.

   Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural.

   Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides.

2. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
3. A fault. (Mining)
4. A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals. (Mus.)