(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.
Stride
Definition:
(v. t.) To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.
(v. t.) To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
(v. t.) To pass over at a step; to step over.
(v. t.) To straddle; to bestride.
(n.) The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.
(2) The statistics underline the significant strides being taken by the industry to meet a government drive to reduce Britain's carbon emissions, although the scale of renewable energy subsidies remains controversial.
(3) Since the war, huge strides have been made in Sierra Leone.
(4) He said the generations of Americans had made significant strides toward rance tolerance, but added: "It doesn't mean we're in a post-racial society.
(5) Biomechanical analysis of the crosscountry techniques has developed from rather simple 2-dimensional kinematic descriptions of diagonal stride to complex measurement of skating forces and 3-dimensional motion.
(6) However, in the past five years great strides have been made in the use of electronics and computers to assist in the performance of routine tasks for the detection and diagnosis of periodontal diseases.
(7) Any national, state, or local efforts to design and develop new CPS training programs should take into account the significant strides made by these agencies.
(8) Cadbury became the world's largest confectionery company in 2003 after buying up a number of gum brands, including Trident and Stride, but ceded the number one spot to Mars when it took over gum maker Wrigley last year.
(9) Most countries have made notable strides in improving and expanding the cold chain, although cold chain failures have been identified through investigation of vaccine failures.
(10) From these results, it is evident that the profession has made significant strides in building a strong scientific data base to support the value of its clinical services.
(11) Over the last year, important strides were made in improving bioprocess monitoring using NADH fluorescence, viscosity, affinity techniques, enzyme and microbial sensors, calorimetry, flow injection analysis and bioluminescence.
(12) For both males and females stride length decreased, stride rate increased, and the period of non-support was also significantly less when running on a treadmill as compared to running overground.
(13) These results suggest that stride frequency affects ventilation to varying degrees dependent upon the subject population and that the mechanisms for the hyperpnea of moderate exercise operating in each of these subject populations involve a complex interaction of many factors.
(14) Papua New Guinea has made significant strides towards establishing a capacity in health systems research.
(15) Despite that, this area of retinal pharmacology has made significant strides and, although it is a story without an ending, it has had an exciting beginning.
(16) Mind you, many more passes like that, and there may not be, for De Vrij picks up the loose ball, strides forward, and batters a shot from distance wide right of goal.
(17) The kinematic analysis revealed non-significant results for hip, knee and ankle joint angles at touchdown for the various stride rates.
(18) Maximum horizontal velocities were usually attained at takeoff into the third- or second-last stride and not exclusively during the second-last stride, as previously reported.
(19) Normal pediatric kinematics and kinetics are provided with literature references for phasic electromyography and temporal and stride variables.
(20) I was looking for poise, confidence, striding it out rather than against the watch.