Word Meanings - LEAP - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. A basket. Wyclif. 2. A weel or wicker trap for fish.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LEAP)
- Bound To leap
- jump
- frisk
- spring
- skip
- Frisk
- Sport
- leap
- play
- dance
- wanton
- Jump
- Leap
- bound
- bounce
- Spring Leap
- start
- emerge
- issue
- proceed
- originate
- rise
- emanate
- germinate
- burst
- flow
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of LEAP)
- Hobble
- limp
- crawl
- creep
- shamble
- Cohere
- hold
- stand
- Settle
- alight
- land
- drop
- arrive
- issue
- eventuate
- end
- terminate
- debouch
- disembogue
Related words: (words related to LEAP)
- SHAMBLE
One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level. 2. pl. (more info) a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum - DANCER
One who dances or who practices dancing. The merry dancers, beams of the northern lights when they rise and fall alternately without any considerable change of length. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora. - SPREADINGLY
, adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton. - WANTON
wanting , hence expressing negation + towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of teón to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, 1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. "In woods and wanton wilderness." - BOUNDLESS
Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay. Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite. - PROCEREBRUM
The prosencephalon. - CREEP
to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately - BURSTEN
p. p. of Burst, v. i. - SPRINGBOARD
An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising. - SPRINGE
A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak. - SPRINGAL
An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring. - BURST
berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden - STARTLINGLY
In a startling manner. - SPRINT
To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym: - SPRIGHTLY
Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope. - PROCESSIVE
Proceeding; advancing. Because it is language, -- ergo, processive. Coleridge. - SPRINKLING
1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. Ayliffe. 2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. 3. Hence, a moderate - PROCESSIONALIST
One who goes or marches in a procession. - DEBOUCHURE
The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait. - SPRINGY
1. Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step. Though her little frame was slight, it was firm and springy. Sir W. Scott. 2. Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, - HOME-BOUND
Kept at home. - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - OUTBOUND
Outward bound. Dryden. - ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
See ASCENDENCY - DISPORT
Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. Milton. - REMERGE
To merge again. "Remerging in the general Soul." Tennyson. - COUNTRY-DANCE
See MACUALAY - DISPROPORTIONALITY
The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More. - DISPROPORTIONABLE
Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv. - BYSTANDER
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer. - UNBOUND
imp. & p. p. of Unbind.