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leash
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Word definitions for leash in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES be straining at the leash EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A collie on a leash nipped me on the heel, going through the skin. ▪ An extendable leash may be helpful at this stage. ▪ Barnabas pulled the leash from my hand yesterday afternoon, ...
Usage examples of leash.
Tell me, has he got some other poor bastard leashed in to replace Aiten yet?
A sixfoot black girl with red hot pants and platform sandals went by with a Lhasa apso on a short leash.
Therefore he betook him to the Turk bow, and shot a leash of heath-fowl, and they supped on the meat merrily in the wilderness.
The animals strained against the leashed collars, trying to creep forward, their eyes blazing, saliva loose and dripping from their jaws, the wet fangs shining in the firelight.
Soon Narla and I, sharing a common neck leash, two collars, with a strap with center grip, stood outside the long, low room, in the corridor.
It endured the indignity of being leashed with the air of a prisoner enduring interrogation from the Deutsche or some equally fierce Big Uglies.
Some dogs refused to cooperate, and in desperation, their handlers crawled through the barrel while dragging the dogs through by their leashes.
Then the dogs were put in at one end and made to swim the length of the pool by the handler tugging on the leash.
Instead, they bolted for the rear of the tents where the dogs met them head-on, straining at their leashes.
Now she no longer wondered why some Doms were fond of keeping their subs in The Zone on a collar and leash, to reinforce the servitude and the bond.
Owen thought Finlay was a mad dog killer who might slip his leash at any time, and turn on friend as well as foe, and Finlay thought Owen was a dangerous amateur who thought too much.
I face frontwards just in time to hurdle a leash that connects a woman and a squirrel-sized dog, and careen into the street.
And, as a finale, Hambone suddenly decided to slip his leash and lose himself on the boat right when it came time to depart.
The boy was straining forward, nostrils flickering, head held high, like some trembling highbred beast restrained on a leash.
Crowded by his brothers with Dakar leashed in tow, Bransian plunged into the pit black cavern of the dungeon.