Leaping can be categorized as a verb.
Verb |
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| leap - pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another" | ||
| leap - move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" | ||
| leap - cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop" | ||
| leap - jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre" | ||
Noun |
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| leaping - a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
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| 1. | verb | No leaping over. | |
| 2. | verb | Meanwhile still stranger sights appeared by sea and land. Before the crews had time to heave their anchors, the ships of themselves made sail, and a dolphin, leaping and sporting on the waves, swam before the commander's ship as a guide; whilst on shore Chloe's goats and sheep were led along by the sweet music of the pipe, which continued sounding deliciously, though the player was still invisible. | |
| 3. | verb | And the angel of God said to me in my sleep: Jacob. And I answered: Here I am. And he said: Lift up thy eyes, and see that all the males leaping upon the females are of divers colours, spotted and speckled. For I have seen all that Laban hath done to thee. | |
| 4. | verb | Swiss adventurer Raphael Domjan completed the world's first jump from a solar-powered aircraft Tuesday, leaping from a height of 1,520 meters over western Switzerland. | |
| 5. | verb | Leap into fame. | |
| 6. | verb | Look before you leap. | |
| 7. | verb | The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point. | |
| 8. | verb | Think before you leap. | |
| 9. | verb | First they met the watch-dog, who was going to leap on them and tear them to pieces; but they threw the remains of their bread to him, and he ate them and wagged his tail. | |
| 10. | verb | Here with seven ships, the remnant of his band, / AEneas enters. Glad at length to greet / the welcome earth, the Trojans leap to land, / and lay their weary limbs still dripping on the sand. | |
| 11. | verb | Look twice before you leap. | |
| 12. | verb | These, stationed at the gates, with naked glaive, / shoulder to shoulder, guard the pass below. / Hearts leap afresh the royal halls to save, / and cheer our vanquished friends and reinspire the brave. | |
| 13. | verb | I could leap off a bridge and on to a galloping horse and start eating it. I'm so hungry. | |
| 14. | verb | Far off is seen, above the billowy mere, / Trinacrian AEtna, and the distant roar / of ocean and the beaten rocks we hear, / and the loud burst of breakers on the shore; / high from the shallows leap the surges hoar, / and surf and sand mix eddying. | |
| 15. | verb | I want to live there where the eagles make their nests and the goats leap on the rocks. | |
| 16. | noun | A leap of 10 feet. | |
| 17. | noun | A successful leap from college to the major leagues. |
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| verb | |
| No leaping over. | |
| Meanwhile still stranger sights appeared by sea and land. Before the crews had time to heave their anchors, the ships of themselves made sail, and a dolphin, leaping and sporting on the waves, swam before the commander's ship as a guide; whilst on shore Chloe's goats and sheep were led along by the sweet music of the pipe, which continued sounding deliciously, though the player was still invisible. | |
| And the angel of God said to me in my sleep: Jacob. And I answered: Here I am. And he said: Lift up thy eyes, and see that all the males leaping upon the females are of divers colours, spotted and speckled. For I have seen all that Laban hath done to thee. | |
| Swiss adventurer Raphael Domjan completed the world's first jump from a solar-powered aircraft Tuesday, leaping from a height of 1,520 meters over western Switzerland. | |
| Leap into fame. |
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| Look before you leap. | |
| The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point. | |
| Think before you leap. | |
| First they met the watch-dog, who was going to leap on them and tear them to pieces; but they threw the remains of their bread to him, and he ate them and wagged his tail. | |
| Here with seven ships, the remnant of his band, / AEneas enters. Glad at length to greet / the welcome earth, the Trojans leap to land, / and lay their weary limbs still dripping on the sand. | |
| Look twice before you leap. | |
| These, stationed at the gates, with naked glaive, / shoulder to shoulder, guard the pass below. / Hearts leap afresh the royal halls to save, / and cheer our vanquished friends and reinspire the brave. | |
| I could leap off a bridge and on to a galloping horse and start eating it. I'm so hungry. | |
| Far off is seen, above the billowy mere, / Trinacrian AEtna, and the distant roar / of ocean and the beaten rocks we hear, / and the loud burst of breakers on the shore; / high from the shallows leap the surges hoar, / and surf and sand mix eddying. | |
| I want to live there where the eagles make their nests and the goats leap on the rocks. | |
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| A leap of 10 feet. |
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| A successful leap from college to the major leagues. |
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