leap meaning
EN
[liːp] [-iːp] 
US WLeap
EN LEAP 
- NounPLleaps
- The act of leaping or jumping.
- The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
- (figuratively) A significant move forward.
- (mining) A fault.
- Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
- (music) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
- (obsolete) A basket.
- A weel or wicker trap for fish.
- basket.
- a trap or snare for fish.
- half a bushel.
- The act of leaping or jumping.
- VerbSGleapsPRleapingPTleapedPTleaptPTleptPTlopePPleapedPPleaptPPlopen
- (intransitive) To jump.
- (transitive) To pass over by a leap or jump.
- to leap a wall or a ditch
- (transitive) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
- (transitive) To cause to leap.
- to leap a horse across a ditch
- (intransitive) To jump.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Examples: Postcard: Leap Year, 1908, Postcard: Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut
- Speedboarding involves leaping onto long skateboards and zipping down steep public streets and canyon roads at speeds of more than 40 mph.
- In any given performance, their tosses and spins and leaps elicit oohs and ahhs from children and adults.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of leap in English Dictionary
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- Countable nouns
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- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Verbs by inflection type
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "leap" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb, a transitive verb and a verbs by inflection type.