Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 19
Leap (n.) The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural. -- L'Estrange.
Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides. -- H. Sweet.
Leap (n.) Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
Leap (n.) (Mining) A fault.
Leap (n.) (Mus.) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
Leap (n.) A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn: leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce].
Leap (n.) An abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues" [syn: leap, jump, saltation].
Leap (n.) A sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" [syn: jump, leap].
Leap (n.) The distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet".
Leap (v.) Move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, leap, bound, spring].
Leap (v.) Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another" [syn: leap, jump].
Leap (v.) 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" [syn: jump, leap, jump off].
Leap (v.) Cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop" [syn: jump, leap].
LEAP () Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (Cisco, EAP, cryptography, WLAN)
LEAP () Language for the Expression of Associative Procedures.
ALGOL-based formalism for sets and associative retrieval, for TX-2. Became part of SAIL.
"An ALGOL-based Associative Language", J. A. Feldman et al, CACM 12(8):439-449 (Aug 1969).
Leaper (n.) One who, or that which, leaps.
Leaper (n.) A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
Leapfrog (n.) A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.
Leapful (n.) A basketful.
Leaping (a. & n.) from Leap, to jump.
Leapingly (adv.) By leaps.
Leap year () Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See Bissextile.
Lear (v. t.) To learn. See Lere, to learn.
Lear (n.) Lore; lesson.
Lear (a.) See Leer, a.
Lear (n.) An annealing oven. See Leer, n.
Learned (imp. & p. p.) of Learn.
Learnt () of Learn.
Learning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Learn.
Learn (v. t.) To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something.
Learn (v. t.) To communicate knowledge to; to teach.
Learn (v. i.) To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction; as, this child learns quickly.
Learnable (a.) Such as can be learned.
Learned (a.) Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory.
Learner (n.) One who learns; a scholar.
Learning (n.) The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.
Learning (n.) The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning.
Leasable (a.) Such as can be leased.
Lease (v. i.) To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Leased (imp. & p. p.) of Lease.
Leasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lease.
Lease (v. t.) To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes with out.
There were some [houses] that were leased out for three lives. -- Addison.
Lease (v. t.) To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.
Lease (n.) The temporary transfer of a possession to another person in return for a fee or other valuable consideration paid for the transfer; especially, A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation.
Lease (v. t.) The contract for such letting.
Lease (v. t.) Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.
Our high-placed Macbeth Shall live the lease of nature. -- Shak.
Lease and release a mode of conveyance of freehold estates, formerly common in England and in New York. its place is now supplied by a simple deed of grant. -- Burrill. --Warren's Blackstone.
Lease (n.) Property that is leased or rented out or let [syn: lease, rental, letting]
Lease (n.) A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
Lease (n.) The period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect [syn: lease, term of a contract]
Lease (v.) Let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad" [syn: rent, lease].
Lease (v.) Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services [syn: rent, hire, charter, lease].
Lease (v.) Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" [syn: lease, let, rent].
Lease (v.) Engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take].
Leasehold (a.) Held by lease.
Leasehold (n.) A tenure by lease; specifically, land held as personalty under a lease for years.
Leaseholder (n.) A tenant under a lease.
Leaser (n.) One who leases or gleans.
Leaser (n.) A liar.
Leash (n.) [C] （拴狗等的）皮帶，鏈條；（打獵用語）三隻；成三的一組 A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog. For dogs and cats, the leash is commonly attached to a collar around the neck of the animal.
Even like a fawning greyhound in the leash. -- Shak.
Leash (n.) (Sporting) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.
[I] kept my chamber a leash of days. -- B. Jonson.
Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings. -- Tennyson.
Leash (n.) (Weaving) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
{To keep (a person) on a short leash} To maintain close control over the activities of (a person).
Leashed (imp. & p. p.) of Leash.
Leashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leash.
Leash (v. t.) （用皮帶等）栓住，繫住；約束，控制 To tie together, or hold, with a leash.
Leash (n.) Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal [syn: {leash}, {tether}, {lead}].
Leash (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce}, {leash}, {troika}, {triad}, {trine}, {trinity}, {ternary}, {ternion}, {triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}].
Leash (n.) A figurative restraint; "asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"; "kept a tight leash on his emotions"; "he's always gotten a long leash" [syn: {collar}, {leash}].
Leash (v.) Fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely" [syn: {rope}, {leash}].
Leasing (a.) The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies.
Leasow (n.) A pasture.
Least (a.) Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.
Least (adv.) In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.
Least (conj.) See Lest, conj.
Leastways (adv.) Alt. of Leastwise
Leastwise (adv.) At least; at all events.
Leasy (a.) Flimsy; vague; deceptive.
Leat (n.) An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill.
Leather (n.) The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.
Leather (n.) The skin.
Leathered (imp. & p. p.) of Leather.
Leathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leather.
Leather (v. t.) To beat, as with a thong of leather.
Leatherback (n.) A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc.
Leatheret (n.) Alt. of Leatherette
Leatherette (n.) An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.
Leatherhead (n.) The friar bird.
Leathern (a.) Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse.
Leatherneck (n.) The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus).
Leatherwood (n.) A small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy.
Leathery (a.) Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough.
Leaved (imp. & p. p.) of Leave.
Leaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leave.
Leave (v. i.) To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out. -- G. Fletcher.
Leave (v. t.) To raise; to levy. [Obs.]
An army strong she leaved. -- Spenser.
Leave (n.) Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.
David earnestly asked leave of me. -- 1 Sam. xx. 6.
No friend has leave to bear away the dead. -- Dryden.
Leave (n.) The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go.
A double blessing is a'double grace; Occasion smiles upon a second leave. -- Shak.
And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren. -- Acts xviii. 18.
French leave. See under French.
Syn: See Liberty.
Left (imp. & p. p.) of Leave.
Leaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leave.
Leave (v. t.) To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. -- Gen. ii. 24.
Leave (v. t.) To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.
If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes ? -- Jer. xlix. 9.
These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. -- Matt. xxiii. 23.
Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be said than is expressed. -- Bacon.
Leave (v. t.) To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.
Now leave complaining and begin your tea. -- Pope.
Leave (v. t.) To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.
Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. -- Mark x. 28.
The heresies that men do leave. -- Shak.
Leave (v. t.) To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge.
I will leave you now to your gossiplike humor. -- Shak.
Leave (v. t.) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit -- with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators.
Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way. -- Matt. v. 24.
The foot That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks. -- Shak.
Leave (v. t.) To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece.
Leave (v. t.) to cause to be; -- followed by an adjective or adverb describing a state or condition; as, the losses due to fire leave me penniless; The cost of defending himself left Bill Clinton with a mountain of lawyers' bills.
To leave alone. To leave in solitude.
To leave alone. To desist or refrain from having to do with; as, to leave dangerous chemicals alone.
To leave off. To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as, to leave off work at six o'clock.
To leave off. To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual position; as, to leave off a garment; to leave off the tablecloth.
To leave off. To forsake; as, to leave off a bad habit.
To leave out, To omit; as, to leave out a word or name in writing.
To leave to one's self, To let (one) be alone; to cease caring for (one).
Syn: To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon; relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up; forego; resign; surrender; forbear. See Quit.
Leave (v. i.) To depart; to set out. [Colloq.]
By the time I left for Scotland. -- Carlyle.
Leave (v. i.) To cease; to desist; to leave off. "He . . . began at the eldest, and left at the youngest." -- Gen. xliv. 12.
To leave off, To cease; to desist; to stop.
Leave off, and for another summons wait. -- Roscommon.
Leave (n.) The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" [syn: leave, leave of absence].
Leave (n.) Permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak".
Leave (n.) The act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn: farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting].
Leave (v.) Go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" [syn: leave, go forth, go away] [ant: arrive, come, get].
Leave (v.) Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind".
Leave (v.) Act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless".
Leave (v.) Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind" [syn: leave, leave alone, leave behind].
Leave (v.) Move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" [syn: exit, go out, get out, leave] [ant: come in, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into].
Leave (v.) Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" [syn: leave, allow for, allow, provide].
Leave (v.) Have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" [syn: leave, result, lead].
Leave (v.) Remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" [syn: leave, depart, pull up stakes].
Leave (v.) Put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care" [syn: entrust, leave].
Leave (v.) Leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" [syn: bequeath, will, leave] [ant: disinherit, disown].
Leave (v.) Have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11".
Leave (v.) Be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats" [syn: leave, leave behind].
Leave (v.) Transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" [syn: impart, leave, give, pass on].
Leave (v.) Leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" [syn: forget, leave].
Leaved (a.) Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long-leaved.
Leaved (a.) Having leaves or leaves as specified; often used in combination; "a fully leafed tree"; "broad-leafed"; "four-leaved clover" [syn: leafed, leaved].
Leaveless (a.) Leafless. [Obs.] -- Carew.
Leaven (n.) Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.
Leaven (n.) Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.
Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. -- Luke xii. 1.
Leavened (imp. & p. p.) of Leaven.
Leavening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leaven.
Leaven (v. t.) To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. -- 1 Cor. v. 6.
Leaven (v. t.) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
With these and the like deceivable doctrines, he leavens also his prayer. -- Milton.
Leaven (n.) A substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid [syn: leaven, leavening].
Leaven (n.) An influence that works subtly to lighten or modify
something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor" [syn: leaven, leavening].
Leaven (v.) Cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" [syn: raise, leaven, prove].
Leaven (1.) Heb. seor (Ex. 12:15, 19; 13:7; Lev. 2:11), the remnant of dough from the preceding baking which had fermented and become acid.
Leaven (2.) Heb. hamets, properly "ferment." In Num. 6:3, "vinegar of wine" is more correctly "fermented wine." In Ex. 13:7, the proper rendering would be, "Unfermented things [Heb. matstsoth] shall be consumed during the seven days; and there shall not be seen with thee fermented things [hamets], and there shall not be seen with thee leavened mass [seor] in all thy borders." The chemical definition of ferment or yeast is "a substance in a stte of putrefaction, the atoms of which are in a continual motion."
The use of leaven was strictly forbidden in all offerings made to the Lord by fire (Lev. 2:11; 7:12; 8:2; Num. 6:15). Its secretly penetrating and diffusive power is referred to in 1 Cor. 5:6. In this respect it is used to illustrate the growth of the kingdom of heaven both in the individual heart and in the world (Matt. 13:33). It is a figure also of corruptness and of perverseness of heart and life (Matt. 16:6, 11; Mark 8:15; 1 Cor. 5:7, 8).
Leavening (n.) The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven.
Leavening (n.) That which leavens or makes light. -- Bacon.
Leavening (n.) An influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor" [syn: leaven, leavening].
Leavening (n.) A substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid [syn: leaven, leavening].
Leavenous (a.) Containing leaven. -- Milton.
Leaver (n.) One who leaves, or withdraws.
Leaver (n.) Someone who leaves [syn: departer, leaver, goer].
Leaves (n.) pl. of Leaf.
Leave-taking (n.) Taking of leave; the act of departing politely; the giving of parting compliments. -- Shak.
Syn: farewell, leave, parting.
Leave-taking (n.) The act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn: farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting].
Leaviness (n.) Leafiness. [Obs.]
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