leap

leap

leap (third-person singular simple present leaps, present participle leaping, simple past leaped, leapt, or archaically lept or lope, past participle leaped, leapt, or archaically lopen)

1. (intransitive) To jump from one location to another.
   • circa 1450, anonymous, Merlin

     It is grete nede a man to go bak to recouer the better his leep

   • 1600, anonymous, The wisdome of Doctor Dodypoll, act 4

     I, I defie thee: wert not thou next him when he leapt into the Riuer?

   • 1783, Hugh Blair, from the “Illiad” in Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, lecture 4, page 65

     Th’ infernal monarch rear’d his horrid head, Leapt from his throne, lest Neptune’s arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day.

   • 1999, Ai, Vice: New & Selected Poems, page 78

     It is better to leap into the void.

leap (plural leaps)

1. The act of leaping or jumping.
2. The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
3. (figuratively) A significant move forward.
   • 1969 July 20, Neil Armstrong, as he became the first man to step on the moon

     Thats one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.

	saltare
	to jump from one location to another

	salto
	the act of leaping

balzare

balzo

cascata

sbalzo

slancio

Altri significati:

distance traversed by a leap

(intransitive) To jump from one location to another.

Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol

The act of leaping or jumping.

The distance traversed by a leap or jump.

significant move forward

(figuratively) A significant move forward.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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