verb
definition
To jump.
definition
To pass over by a leap or jump.
example
to leap a wall or a ditch
definition
To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
definition
To cause to leap.
example
to leap a horse across a ditch
Examples of leaped in a Sentence
He leaped from his horse.
She leaped from the couch and darted into the kitchen.
He leaped away from her.
Cade leaped from the couch as she entered.
Brush crackled near the edge of the forest and then a deer leaped into the open.
The icy water tickled her toes as it leaped over her feet and danced around the rocks.
But before the whip could reply, the hare, scenting the frost coming next morning, was unable to rest and leaped up.
Her heart leaped and then plunged with his next words.
He kept looking over the edge, his complexion paling when a rock leaped over the edge and bounced its way to the bottom.
Carmen lunged at him and he leaped straight into the air, dropping the chicken.
She screamed and leaped back before she realized it was Alex.
Soon thereafter, they heard the howl of a wolf, and a large black creature leaped from one of the windows of the house into the snow.
When the gods showed they clearly favored Romulus, Remus became angry and leaped the trenches to attack his brother.
An interesting feature of the show is that, while the people in the episode see Sam as whoever he's leaped into, the viewer still sees him as Sam.
An Indian on a painted horse leaped through the opening.
The rabbit leaped into the air, and bolted across the field, his white tail visible above the tall grass with each bound.
She nestled herself comfortably in Dorothy's lap until the kitten gave a snarl of jealous anger and leaped up with a sharp claw fiercely bared to strike Billina a blow.
Most have not delved six feet beneath the surface, nor leaped as many above it.
This wide array of hair products that protect and highlight individual hair types has quickly leaped to the top of the industry, appearing on the shelves of fine retailers like Nordstrom, Sephora, Neiman Marcus and Saks.
Like Emma Watson, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Carrie Fisher, Hayden Panettiere has leaped to the top of the "obsessed about" heap thanks to her work in science fiction and fantasy.
Cynthia asked, cutting the game short as Mrs. Lincoln leaped into her lap, purring like a buzz saw.
Dean leaped from his bed and charged up the stairs to Edith Shipton's room!
They sprinted across the floor and leaped up to the elevated platforms, poking their soft muzzles into the stanchions to gobble the grain.
She leaped from the bed and struggled into her jeans, tucking her nightgown in while she grabbed her boots.
He posed for their cameras and finally leaped from one ledge to another along the face of the cliff until he disappeared over the lip and into the forest above them.
From now on she intended to talk things over with him before she leaped into it.
Grasping the handle of the machete, she half fell, half leaped behind the log.
One name, and one alone, leaped to men's thoughts, that of Bonaparte.
Brandishing a huge knife, with which he wounded Colonel Rathbone who attempted to hold him, the assassin rushed through the stage-box to the front and leaped down upon the stage, escaping behind the scenes and from the rear of the building, but was pursued, and twelve days afterwards shot in a barn where he had concealed himself.
When Dionysus leaped into the sea to escape from the pursuit of Lycurgus, king of the Thracian Edones, and Hephaestus was flung out of heaven by Zeus, both were kindly received by Thetis.
As soon as the questioning spirit arose, the strangeness of many statements in the book leaped into view.
Like Heracles when he leaped into the belly of the monster which was about to swallow Hesione, the Mantis once jumped down the throat of a hostile elephant, and so destroyed him.
He leaned forward as the horse leaped, and then back as he slowed it down, then sideways at an impossible angle as it scrambled around the barrel.
Her heart leaped into a gallop as she stared at Len.
The rabbit thumped the ground once and then leaped into the air, its tail flashing in the sunlight as it lashed out with its hind legs.
Since Mr Souter returned to the helm, shares in the once ailing company have leaped from 10p in July 2002 to 77p.
I kept bursting into song - O Sio Mio or whatever leaped from by bass baritone chest and echoed around the walls.
Troops then leaped onto the enemy ship and engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat.
I sprang to my feet and leaped, stamping the coracle under the water.
Rapidly tiring of office drudgery, he leaped at the chance to head the publishing firm which was founded in 1809.
I pressed myself flat on the sledge until whoosh -- The wolf leaped over me and sank its jaws Into my horse's hindquarters.
A Jacobite trooper supposedly leaped 18 ft across the gorge to escape the redcoats.
On the field the Swifts players leaped about like winning cup finalists, joined at the final whistle by their slightly screwy manager.
Could he not have claimed that the opposing player leaped at his fist and deliberately smashed his face into Johnson's knuckles.
He leaped out of Hodges pocket and attacked a motionless tasmanian tiger.
But the phrase ' inoperable cancer ' had leaped unbidden into Kate's mind and was rolling relentlessly around in there.
The flames leaped up at once and the bonfire began to smoke and roar and crackle just as the great army of wooden Gargoyles arrived.
He leaped into the saddle, and away he dashed with his officers close behind him.
Like a bird let loose, his horse leaped forward.
Now, how was Arion saved from drowning when he leaped overboard?