Standard Lemma guide
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.
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verb
To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To pass over; to exceed; to omit, leave out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To make too much effort in leaping; to leap too far.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, reflexive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
leave undone or leave out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: forget, jump, pass over, skip, skip over
verb
jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: vault
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: jump, leap, bound, spring
Narrower terms: hurdle
verb
defeat (oneself) by going too far
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: overdo, exaggerate
History
From Middle English overlepen, from Old English oferhlēapan. Compare Dutch overlopen (“to spill over; overflow”), German überlaufen (“to overrun; overflow”). By surface analysis, over- + leap.
