Crossword clues for leaped
leaped
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leap \Leap\ (l[=e]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaped (l[=e]pt; 277), rarely Leapt (l[=e]pt or l[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaping.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle['a]pan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. [=a]hl[=o]pan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. l["o]pa, Dan. l["o]be, Goth. ushlaupan. Cf. Elope, Lope, Lapwing, Loaf to loiter.]
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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.
--Bacon.Leap in with me into this angry flood.
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To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky.
--Wordsworth.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: leap)
Usage examples of "leaped".
Staggering, she folded forward and fell as though she'd been slugged and, reflex-ively, as he'd always done when she was only his little sister and had got into trouble yet again, he leaped forward to catch her.
Lady Bertha and Captain Istvan leaped to their feet, but Sanglant raised a hand to caution them, and they paused with knives half drawn, unwilling to sit down again but respecting Sanglant's command.
Fulk whistled, a piercing signal, and the guards leaped back so the man could sprint out of the fort unobstructed.
He leaped forward and wrenched the child out of her grasp, knocking the kneeling sorcerer aside.
Hanna leaped away from the door with Rufus right behind her and ran toward the altar.
Although he hadn't appeared to be paying attention to anything but his food, Baldwin leaped to his feet, ready to bolt.
People leaped to their feet shouting and crying out in fe^r as Hanna stared uncomprehendingly at the spilled oil, fire running along the stone floor of the church, racing like wildfire.
Hathumod leaped to her feet with a wild look on her normally mild face.
Hanna leaped forward and pulled the knife from her grasp before she could plunge it into her own abdomen.
Bulkezu leaped forward with his own spear and planted himself before the prince, legs braced, hands sliding and then tightening on the haft as he spun the weapon a quarter circle and raised it for the final, downward thrust.
A deer bolted from grassy cover along the verge and leaped into the high grass beyond.
The servants leaped up, bells jangling, but Liath nursed her hand and, when tears stopped stinging and she had enough courage, turned it over to examine it.
In a cacophony of bells, the younger servant leaped up and slid the door sideways enough to peer through.
Adrenaline kept him going as he swung the cloak high up and over the griffin's head and, with the beast momentarily distracted by the fluttering cloth, leaped in against its shoulder and yanked the cloak down over its head, covering its eyes.
Sorrow leaped at him, but Stinker had already anticipated an attack, shifting sideways, and thwacked the hound on the side of the head with his staff, laying the poor beast out.