Word Finder - leap

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The act of leaping or jumping.

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The distance traversed by a leap or jump.

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A group of leopards.

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A significant move forward.

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A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.

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It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs.

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A fault.

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Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.

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A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.

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A salmon ladder.

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To jump.

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To pass over by a leap or jump.

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to leap a wall or a ditch

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To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.

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To cause to leap.

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to leap a horse across a ditch

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(calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.

Little calf does run and leap in field.

And when I heard it my heart did leap for joy.

The Year 2000 Is A Leap Year, And There Is No Alteration.

Does he think me so naïve that I'd leap at some empty promise?

To her surprise, the monster didn't leap up and attack him.

His sudden leap to the side unseated her, sending her out of the saddle and rolling off the trail.

He took the prodigious leap.

Katie inched forward, terrified he.d leap off the bed to attack her.

I think the technological leap beyond the next one will take us to the stars.

These guys are still two steps and a leap ahead of us.

As Cynthia sat, the cat exchanged Dean's lap for Cynthia's in one effortless leap.

The shore is composed of a belt of smooth rounded white stones like paving-stones, excepting one or two short sand beaches, and is so steep that in many places a single leap will carry you into water over your head; and were it not for its remarkable transparency, that would be the last to be seen of its bottom till it rose on the opposite side.

She looked around, waiting for Andre or a demon to leap from her surroundings.

But every leap year one day must be added to the lunar month in which the 29th of February is included.

Surrogacy was a large leap for someone who thought artificial insemination was immoral.

It was Fred who broke the silence—with a mighty leap.

Does he think me so naïve that I'd leap at some empty promise?

At the height of your leap, throw the equipment down and jump again.

Jenn's eyes were roving the apartment, as if she expected vampires to leap from the shadows.

With system changes you would update these in a " leap frog " manner.

Members of the Serpentine Swimming Club leap into the murky, freezing depths of the Serpentine to frantically compete for the coveted gold medal.

Fund managers have made a quantum leap from outright hostility to mild interest in housing.

Rimmer's failings are down to his utter inability to leap the hurdle of his own self-loathing.

Patty snapped upright to quell the insurrection, causing Splash to leap for safety.

When your little one takes the leap from the crib to the big kid bed, you can make the transition a little easier by choosing Sesame Street toddler bedding.

You can only ask "what if?" for so long before you have to make the leap and answer the question for yourselves.

In 1996, Anderson made the leap to feature films with the poorly received action/comedy Barb Wire, in which she played the lead role.

Many well-known entertainers have made the leap into the homosexual spotlight and found they still have fans, or have created a new group of fans.

Early in his career, Dane Cook took the leap from comedian to actor -- a gutsy move that helped skyrocket the livelihoods of fellow comedians Ray Romano, George Lopez and Denis Leary.

From Russia With Love, the classic James Bond film from 1963 starring Sean Connery, is making the leap to the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube this November.

Stags' Leap Winery wines have a reputation as big-but-soft in character, reflecting and reflect the estate's, distinctive soil and climate.

Many telenovelas have made the leap to DVD and are available for purchase via Amazon and other retailers.

From Mountain Pose, crouch down on the floor as though you're about to play leap frog, spreading your knees out to the sides just beyond your shoulders.

Without this popular monster, none of these other monsters would have made the leap to popularity on the silver screen.

The series followed the adventures of Captain Jonathon Archer (Scott Bakula, Quantum Leap, Chuck).

Ripa made the leap to prime time television in 2003 when she was cast opposite Faith Ford (Murphy Brown) in the moderately popular show Hope and Faith.

With his sexy, chiseled good looks and a passion for acting, he has easily made the leap from model to actor.

Starring in movies like Man on Fire and War of the Worlds as a young girl, she's made the leap to teen fare.

If you're one of those people, make sure you're prepared to take the leap by taking care of a few additional considerations.

Whether you're currently a contact lens wearer or you're about to make the leap from eyeglasses to contact lenses for the first time, you may want to know about different contact lens brands.

Horses leap in waves, similar to a basic rollercoaster motion, providing the rider with an illusionary experience of a horse jumping over hurdles.

When the series made the leap to the PS2 in 2001, that still stood.

The most game-like of all the Electroplankton modes, Hanenbow are small tadpole-like plankton that leap out of the water along a pointed green leaf.

When graduating from one difficulty setting to the next, it will feel like you took a quantum leap in difficulty.

Samus and the bounty hunters have detailed animations, and small touches like glowing eyes or shining armor make them leap into reality.

Nintendogs will leap out of the screen and become something you think about all day, even for non-gamers.

The classic series from computing's retro days, Prince of Persia finally makes the leap into a true 3D world.

He can walk on walls, leap through wide obstacles, and looks slick when doing combos.

Prince of Persia is a long-running series of action puzzle games that recently made the leap to 3D.

He can leap, cling to ledges, scramble up walls and roll across the floor.