leap

1. The act of leaping or jumping.
2. The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
3. A group of leopards.
4. A significant move forward.
5. A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.

   It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs.

6. A fault.
7. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
8. A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
9. A salmon ladder.

1. To jump.
2. To pass over by a leap or jump.

   to leap a wall or a ditch

3. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
4. To cause to leap.

   to leap a horse across a ditch

adjective

(calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.

1. A basket.
2. A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
3. Half a bushel.