leap

(lēp)

1. To spring or bound upward from or as if from the ground; jump: leaped over the wall; salmon leaping upriver.
2. a. To move quickly or abruptly from one condition or subject to another: always leaping to conclusions.
   b. To act impulsively: leaped at the opportunity to travel.

1. To jump over: couldn't leap the brook.
2. To cause to leap: leap a horse over a hurdle.

1. a. The act of leaping; a jump.
   b. A place jumped over or from.
   c. The distance cleared in a leap.
2. An abrupt or precipitous passage, shift, or transition: a leap from rags to riches.

Related Forms:

• leapˈer noun