(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
(v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
(v. t.) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
(v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
(n.) The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
(n.) Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
(n.) A fault.
(n.) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
Example Sentences:
(1) Why Corporate America is reluctant to take a stand on climate action Read more “We have these quantum leaps,” Friedberg said.
(2) There is Ed Sheeran , with a guitar and loop pedal, and Chris Martin leaping around the stage with the rest of Coldplay providing a dourer backdrop.
(3) He is big, strong, athletic, very quick and has got a fantastic leap on him," said McClaren.
(4) The deaths were due to: hanging (41 cases), poisoning (17 cases), leaping from a height (7 cases), and others (11 cases including one case of self shooting).
(5) Now another deep cross is thrown into the box and Guzan leaps to claim it, but can only parry it down and pick up the second ball.
(6) The idea was to create a simple set of standards that everyone can relate to, a low hurdle that every humanitarian organisation should be able to leap over.” As organisations grow, they can aspire to use more technical standards that more established NGOs might already be working with.
(7) Musk declared the spacecraft a big leap forward in technology.
(8) The quantum leap in integration being mulled will not save Greece, rescue Spain's banks, sort out Italy, or fix the euro crisis in the short term.
(9) He is helped by constituency boundaries that skew the pitch in Labour’s favour, but even then the leap required looks improbable.
(10) The alliance has grown by leaps and bounds,” the official added, in a conference call with reporters.
(11) It’s going to be harder in Zurich, because there’s going to be a lot more eight-metre jumpers,” he says, citing the reigning champion, Christian Reif, who has jumped 8.49m this season, as his main opposition Rutherford won gold in Glasgow with a modest leap of 8.20m but, as he points out, the chilly conditions were hardly conducive to leaping far.
(12) Other robots in the Boston Dynamics stable include Petman, a robot that tests humanoid chemical protective clothing; the wheeled SandFlea robot that can leap small buildings; a small six-legged robot capable of traversing rough terrain called RHex; and the RiSE robot capable of climbing vertical walls, trees and fences using feet with micro-claws.
(13) This prompted the company to change the long-term bonus scheme, called Leap, to a less generous scheme that will come into force in 2018 and cap Sorrell’s pay at less than £20m, based on his existing salary.
(14) The fires raced through burnt and unburnt areas alike, leaping roads and clearings.
(15) She’s a normal girl thrust into extraordinary circumstances, so it’s very relatable.” Ridley’s leap from bit parts in British TV dramas to the biggest film franchise in the world is a legitimate overnight success.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Pokémon brand alone will probably be able to get many to give Pokémon Go a try Photograph: Niantic Labs “You know what the mobile gaming experience is like in a phone today, and we’ve all seen the videos from Magic Leap, at the far end of the spectrum, where we put on these magic glasses and our world is transformed.
(17) The club’s financial problems are likely to have a significant effect on the kind of manager Birmingham are able to attract and it remains to be seen whether someone like Rowett, who has impressed during his time in charge of Burton Albion, would be prepared to take that leap of faith.
(18) On the PS4, for example, as soon as you switch the console on, you'll get a news screen showing what all your friends are playing – you'll even be able to leap straight into their games.
(19) Alex Salmond describes his own renewable energy vision as "the greatest leap forward since the transition from hunter-gatherer to agriculture 10,000 years ago".
(20) In fact, one doesn't have to make a leap of imagination because there are clues in its pay report.
Leapfrog
Definition:
(n.) A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.
Example Sentences:
(1) Aims include overtaking Tesco to become the market leader in general merchandise and leapfrogging Sainsbury's to become No 2 in food.
(2) Reaping the benefits of a successful speech to Iowa conservatives the preceding weekend, Walker leapfrogged more established candidates and secured 15% of the vote – up from 4% in October.
(3) In a sense, what the BBC is now trying to do is to leapfrog from its "multichannel" phase into the on-demand future.
(4) Their season was discussed in the past tense, as though it had ended with the week 16 loss to Carolina that allowed the Panthers to leapfrog them into first place in the NFC South.
(5) Leapfrogging the rest of the field through technological means, however, is harder than in certain other sports.
(6) Where the inferior view shows a "tent tip" skyline, lateral crus advancement is required and can be achieved in asynchronous repairs by Pigott alar leapfrog at primary repair or by Potter V-Y advancement at the time of forked flap columella lengthening.
(7) Yes, Bryant's return should help the Lakers remain competitive for the next two-plus seasons, but it's hard to see them coming out of a crowded Western Conference where they would have to leapfrog the Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets and even, it seems now, the Portland Trail Blazers.
(8) Following his victory, Murray leapfrogged double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah in the betting for the most competitive BBC Sports Personality Award of all time, though he remains behind another who bucked history this summer – Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins.
(9) Its technology would let any handset maker leapfrog the opposition, which will be interesting to Apple and Microsoft, the owner of Nokia, which both need to catch up on rivals in this field.
(10) A resurgent Rupert Murdoch , after two years of decline in the MediaGuardian 100, bounced back to fourth position ‑ leapfrogging his son James ‑ on the back of his decision to put up paywalls around the online content of the Times and Sunday Times.
(11) This review chronicles the leapfrogging of medical and surgical creativity and contributions to saving lives and making those lives healthy through informed care for people with congenital heart disease.
(12) In 2007 he leapfrogged Li Keqiang – until then seen as likely to succeed Hu, but seen perhaps as too much Hu's protege – as the consensus candidate in a system built on collective decision-making.
(13) It also leapfrogged Germany in the number of people with more than $50m, with 400 more than 2014 and a total of 5,400.
(14) It took second place in the women's weekly market, as classified by ABC, and top place among the celebrity titles, leapfrogging sister title OK!, which was 15.7% up year on year but 1.9% down on the previous six months to 588,546.
(15) Scotland has now been leapfrogged by Latvia and Lithuania whose Ministers sit at the top table and make their farmers a priority.
(16) In six years, Santander has become one of the biggest banks on the British high street, leapfrogging HSBC after today's deal.
(17) Now the MP for South Northamptonshire, who entered parliament in 2010, has leapfrogged Michael Gove to become second favourite with the bookmakers to be the next Conservative leader and prime minister.
(18) A deal would also help WPP leapfrog its rival Omnicom into first place among advertising behemoths, a ranking it has taken twice previously: in the 1990s - when the company's overstretched position also put it on the brink of collapse - and earlier this decade.
(19) Global Radio's Capital, which had leapfrogged Heart into the runner-up spot last time round, slipped 6.9% on the previous quarter to post a reach - listeners tuning in for more than five minutes a week – of 1.81 million , according to official Rajar listening figures published today.
(20) It is almost unheard of for a finance director to leapfrog the role of chief executive and be installed as chairman.