noun
Meaning 1
A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lead
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
leash
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /liːʃ/
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rhymes with -iːʃ
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homophone: Laois
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noun
Meaning 2
A brace and a half; a tierce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A set of three animals (especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares;)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
A group of three.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 5
A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A leg rope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
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noun
Meaning 7
A kind of metrical construct in Skeltonics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences
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verb
Meaning 8
To fasten or secure with a leash.
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verb
Meaning 9
to curb, restrain
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 10
a figurative restraint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: collar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restraint
noun
Meaning 11
restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tether, lead
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restraint, constraint
noun
Meaning 12
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: digit, figure
verb
Meaning 13
fasten with a rope
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- rope the bag securely
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rope
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tie, bind
History
Etymology
From Middle English leesshe, leysche, lesshe, a variant of more original lease, from Middle English lees, leese, leece, lese, from Old French lesse (modern French laisse), either from Latin laxa, feminine form of laxus (“loose”) or, more probably, from a deverbal of Old French lesser, laissier, from Latin laxāre (“loose”); compare lax. Doublet of laisse.
Across languages
Translations
106 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: leiband — long cord for dogs
- Arabic: رِبَاط (ribāṭ) — long cord for dogs
- Belarusian: шво́рка (švórka) — long cord for dogs
- Belarusian: павадо́к (pavadók) — long cord for dogs
- Belarusian: пры́вязь (prývjazʹ) — long cord for dogs
- Bulgarian: каи́шка (kaíška) — long cord for dogs
- Catalan: corretja — long cord for dogs
- Chickasaw: ishtalakchi' — long cord for dogs
- Chickasaw: shtalakchi' — long cord for dogs
- Chinese Mandarin: 皮帶 /皮带 (pídài) — long cord for dogs
- Chinese Mandarin: 紲 /绁 or 絏 /绁 (xiè) — long cord for dogs
- Czech: vodítko — long cord for dogs
- Danish: hundesnor — long cord for dogs
- Dutch: lijn — long cord for dogs
- Egyptian: s-S:d-V12 (sšd) — long cord for dogs
- Esperanto: kondukrimeno — long cord for dogs
- Esperanto: gvidrimeno — long cord for dogs
- Esperanto: kondukilo — long cord for dogs
- Faroese: reim — long cord for dogs
- Faroese: hundareim — long cord for dogs
- Finnish: talutushihna — long cord for dogs
- Finnish: talutin — long cord for dogs
- Finnish: hihna — long cord for dogs
- Finnish: lieka — long cord for dogs
- French: laisse — long cord for dogs
- Galician: trela — long cord for dogs
- Galician: correa — long cord for dogs
- Georgian: საბელი (sabeli) — long cord for dogs
- German: Leine — long cord for dogs
- German: Hundeleine — long cord for dogs
- Greek: λουρί (lourí) — long cord for dogs
- Ancient Greek: κυνοῦχος (kunoûkhos) — long cord for dogs
- Hebrew: רצועה להולכת כלב — long cord for dogs
- Hindi: चेन (cen) — long cord for dogs
- Hindi: छीन लेना (chīn lenā) — long cord for dogs
- Hungarian: póráz — long cord for dogs
- Hungarian: vezető szár — long cord for dogs
- Icelandic: ól — long cord for dogs
- Icelandic: hundaól — long cord for dogs
- Italian: guinzaglio — long cord for dogs
- Japanese: 綱 (tsuna) — long cord for dogs
- Japanese: 革紐 (kawahimo) — long cord for dogs
- Japanese: リード (rīdo) — long cord for dogs
- Khmer: ខ្សែ (ksae) — long cord for dogs
- Korean: 목줄 (mokjul) — long cord for dogs
- Luxembourgish: Léngt — long cord for dogs
- Macedonian: ре́мен (rémen) — long cord for dogs
- Macedonian: ре́менче (rémenče) — long cord for dogs
- Macedonian: ка́иш (káiš) — long cord for dogs
- Macedonian: по́водник (póvodnik) — long cord for dogs
- Macedonian: ла́нец (lánec) — long cord for dogs
- Malay: cawak — long cord for dogs
- Māori: taura here — long cord for dogs
- Māori: pōtete — long cord for dogs
- Norwegian: leiebånd — long cord for dogs
- Norwegian: kobbel — long cord for dogs
- Norwegian: lenke — long cord for dogs
- Occitan: estaca — long cord for dogs
- Occitan: cordilha — long cord for dogs
- Persian: قلاده (qallâde) — long cord for dogs
- Persian: افسار سگ — long cord for dogs
- Polish: smycz — long cord for dogs
- Portuguese: trela — long cord for dogs
- Portuguese: guia — long cord for dogs
- Romanian: lesă — long cord for dogs
- Russian: поводо́к (povodók) — long cord for dogs
- Russian: при́вязь (prívjazʹ) — long cord for dogs
- Russian: сво́ра (svóra) — long cord for dogs
- Russian: по́вод (póvod) — long cord for dogs
- Scottish Gaelic: iall — long cord for dogs
- Scottish Gaelic: lomhainn — long cord for dogs
- Serbo-Croatian: поводац — long cord for dogs
- Serbo-Croatian: povodac — long cord for dogs
- Slovak: vôdzka — long cord for dogs
- Spanish: correa — long cord for dogs
- Spanish: traílla — long cord for dogs
- Spanish: laja (disused) — long cord for dogs
- Swedish: koppel — long cord for dogs
- Thai: สายจูง (sǎai-juung) — long cord for dogs
- Tibetan: འདོགས་ཐག — long cord for dogs
- Turkish: tasma — long cord for dogs
- Turkish: gezdirme kayışı — long cord for dogs
- Ukrainian: повіде́ць (povidécʹ) — long cord for dogs
- Ukrainian: поводо́к (povodók) — long cord for dogs
- Ukrainian: шво́ра (švóra) — long cord for dogs
- Ukrainian: при́в'язь (prývʺjazʹ) — long cord for dogs
- Welsh: tennyn — long cord for dogs
- Yiddish: הונטרימען (huntrimen) — long cord for dogs
- Bulgarian: тройка (trojka) — a set of three
- Dutch: drietal — a set of three
- German: Dreier — a set of three
- German: Triade — a set of three
- German: Troika — a set of three
- German: Triplett — a set of three
- Greek: τριάδα (triáda) — a set of three
- Macedonian: тро́јка (trójka) — a set of three
- Romanian: triplet — a set of three
- Russian: тро́йка (trójka) — a set of three
- Russian: тро́е (tróje) — a set of three
- Russian: компле́кт из трёх предме́тов (komplékt iz trjox predmétov) — a set of three
- German: anbinden (mit Leine) — to fasten or secure with a leash
- German: festbinden (mit Leine) — to fasten or secure with a leash
- German: anleinen — to fasten or secure with a leash
- Greek: δένω (déno) — to fasten or secure with a leash
- Macedonian: завр́зува (zavŕzuva) — to fasten or secure with a leash
- Portuguese: encoleirar — to fasten or secure with a leash