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Definition: LEAPED |
LEAPEDImperative & past participle1. Of Leap |
Date "LEAPED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Crosswords: LEAPED |
| English words defined with "LEAPED": hurdle race ♦ leap, Leep, Lep ♦ Stirt. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "LEAPED": Cleombrotos ♦ Grahame's Dyke, Guendolen. (references) |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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![]() | That old tower leaped into the sky in chunks.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | The mellow call leaped forth across the brooding field.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | A full grown sea lion suddenly leaped high.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Judith leaped from the saddle and running before Sioux, seized his horns and threw himself across his face.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Their great horses reared, trampled upon the ranks, leaped over the bayonets and fell, gigantic, in the midst of these four living walls. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Her eyes had called him and his soul had leaped at the call. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They crawled around the tent and leaped up and ran squealing away from the tent. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Most have not delved six feet beneath the surface, nor leaped as many above it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | As Argentina has leaped from no computers to hi-tech within a short span of time, hospital and medical information management is proving to be a difficult issue that requires more specialists than are locally available. (references) | |
Economic History | Grenada | After several skirmishes with the Caribs, the French brought in reinforcements from Martinique and defeated the Caribs the last of whom leaped into the sea rather than surrender. (references) |
Indonesia | While in the medium and long term the possibilities are virtually endless in a market of 220 million potential customers, one immediate prospect that has leaped out of virtually nowhere is pollution control equipment. (references) | |
Ukraine | Exports grew by 26% and imports by 15% in 2000. Exports grew another 20% in the first quarter of 2001, while imports fell by 5.8%. The current account balance, which was minus $1.2 billion in 1998, grew to $800 million in 1999 and leaped to $1.4 billion in the year 2000. Russia remains Ukraine's major trading partner. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "LEAPED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 88.24% of the time. "LEAPED" is used about 153 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 88.24% | 135 | 27,360 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 10.46% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.65% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.65% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 153 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "LEAPED": my heart leaped for joy. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "LEAPED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 飞跃 (leap, leaping, Leapt). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | hervorgesprungen, gesprungen (atrip, aweigh, bounced, gamboled, jumped, leapt, skipped, split, that has started). (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 비약하" (Leapt). (various references) | ||||||||||
Manx | lheimmit (served). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | eapedlay mi-a tresãrit inimã de bucurie (my heart leaped for joy). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 14, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eipen megalh th fwnh anasthqi epi touV podaV sou orqoV kai hlleto kai periepatei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Turbae autem cum vidissent quod fecerat Paulus levaverunt vocem suam lycaonice dicentes dii similes facti hominibus descenderunt ad nos |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the puple, whanne thei hadde seyn that that Poul dide, reriden her vois in Licaon tunge, and seiden, Goddis maad lijk to men ben comun doun to vs. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And sayd with a loude voyce: stond vp right on thy fete. And he stert vp and walked. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Said in a loud voice, Get up on your feet. And, jumping up, he went walking about. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 14, Verse 10 |
| Albanian | dhe tha me zë të lartë: ''Çohu në këmbë!''. Dhe ai hovi lart dhe nisi të ecë. |
| Bulgarian | Той слушаше Павла като говореше; а Павел като се взря в него и видя, че има вяра да бъде изцелен, |
| Cebuano | miingon kaniya sa makusog nga tingog, "Itindog ang imong mga tiil ug tumul-id ka." Ug siya miugpo ug milakaw. |
| Chinese | 就 大 聲 說 、 起 來 、 兩 腳 站 直 。 那 人 就 跳 起 來 而 " 行 走 。 |
| Croatian | Pavao ga pronikne pogledom, vidje da ima vjeru u spasenje pa mu iza glasa reèe: "Uspravi se na noge!" On skoèi i prohoda. |
| Danish | "Stå ret op på dine Fødder!" Og han sprang op og gik omkring. |
| Dutch | Zeide met grote stem: Sta recht op uw voeten! En hij sprong op en wandelde. |
| Finnish | sanoi hän suurella äänellä: "Nouse pystyyn jaloillesi". Ja hän kavahti ylös ja käveli. |
| French | dit d`une voix forte: Lève-toi droit sur tes pieds. Et il se leva d`un bond et marcha. |
| German | sprach er mit lauter Stimme: Stehe aufrecht auf deine Füße! Und er sprang auf und wandelte. |
| Haitian Creole | Pòl pale byen fò, li di: Leve, kanpe dwat sou de pye ou yo! Nonm lan vole kanpe, epi li pran mache. |
| Hungarian | Monda nagy fenszóval: Állj fel lábaidra egyenesen! És felszökött és járt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | dan dengan suara yang keras Paulus berkata, "Berdirilah tegak!" Orang itu melompat berdiri lalu berjalan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | lalu berkatalah Paulus dengan nyaring suaranya, "Berdiri tegak di atas kakimu." Maka melompatlah ia langsung berjalan-jalan. |
| Italian | disse a gran voce: «Alzati diritto in piedi!». Egli fece un balzo e si mise a camminare. |
| Korean | 큰 소 리 로 가 로 되 ` 네 발 로 " 로 일 어 서 라' 하 니 그 사 람 이 뛰 어 걷 " 지 라 |
| Latvian | Bet ïaudis, redzçdami to, ko darîja Pâvils, pacçla savas balsis un likaoniski sacîja: Dievi kïuvuði lîdzîgi cilvçkiem un nonâkuði pie mums. |
| Maori | He nui noa atu tona reo ki te karanga atu, E tu ou waewae ki runga. Na mokowhiti ake ana ia, haere ana. |
| Modern Greek | ειπε μετα μεγαλης φωνης· Σηκωθητι επι τους ποδας σου ορθος. Και επηδα και περιεπατει. |
| Norwegian | Reis dig og stå oprett på dine føtter! Og han sprang op og gikk omkring. |
| Portuguese | disse em alta voz: Levanta-te direito sobre os teus pés. E ele saltou, e andava. |
| Rumanian | a zis cu glas tare: ,,Scoalq-te drept kn picioare.`` Wi el s`a sculat dintr`o sqriturq, wi a knceput sq umble. |
| Russian | УЛБЪБМ ЗТПНЛЙН ЗПМПУПН: ФЕ'Е ЗПЧПТА ЧП ЙНС зПУ П"Б йЙУХУБ иТЙУФБ: УФБОШ ОБ ОПЗЙ ФЧПЙ ТСНП. й ПО ФПФЮБУ ЧУЛПЮЙМ Й УФБМ ИП"ЙФШ. |
| Shuar | Tura Pápruka kakantar chicharuk "Wajakim wewe ajasam wajasta" Tímiayi. Tutai aishman wiut kutsuar wajaki wekaimiayi. |
| Spanish | Y dijo a gran voz: --¡Levántate derecho sobre tus pies! Y él saltó y caminaba. |
| Swahili | akasema kwa sauti kubwa, "Simama wima kwa miguu yako!" Huyo mtu aliyelemaa akainuka ghafla, akaanza kutembea. |
| Swedish | sade han med hög röst: "Res dig upp och stå på dina fötter." Då sprang mannen upp och begynte gå. |
| Thai | จึงร้องสั่ง"้วยเสียงอัน"ังว่า "จงลุกขึ้นยืนตรง" คนนั้นก็กระโ""ขึ้นเ"ินไป |
| Ukrainian | то голосом гучним промовив: Устань просто на ноги свої! А той скочив, і ходити почав... |
| Uma | Toe pai' na'uli' napesukui: "Mokore monoa' -moko!" Hangkore-idile, pai' -i momako' hilou tumai. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "LEAPED": beleaped, outleaped, overleaped, upleaped. (additional references) | |
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"LEAPED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Klaipeda, lapad, leapeth, legape, Legazpi, leied, Leipe, leipoa, Lemayev, Olapade. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "LEAPED" (pronounced le"pt or lē"pt) |
| 4 | l e" p t | leapt, overslept, slept. |
| 3 | -e" p t | accept, adept, crept, except, inept, intercept, kept, prepped, Sept, stepped, swept, wept. |
| 3 | -ē" p t | heaped, reaped, seeped, steeped. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pealed. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-l-p" | |
-1 letter: padle, paled, pedal, plead. | |
-2 letters: alee, aped, dale, deal, deep, dele, lade, lead, leap, pale, peal, peed, peel, pele, plea, pled. | |
-3 letters: ale, alp, ape, dal, dap, dee, del, eel, eld, lad, lap, lea, led, lee, pad, pal, pea, ped, pee. | |
-4 letters: ad, ae, al, de, ed, el, la, pa, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-l-p" | |
+1 letter: deplane, elapsed, empaled, lapeled, paneled, pearled, pedaled, petaled, pleaded, pleader, pleased, pleated, replead, sepaled. | |
+2 letters: appealed, bedplate, beleaped, depilate, deplaned, deplanes, emplaced, emplaned, endplate, enplaned, exampled, lapelled, lappered, lappeted, paltered, panelled, parceled, parleyed, pedalfer, pedalier, pedalled, pedately, pedestal, petalled, pileated, pleached, pleaders, pleiades, poleaxed, rappeled, relapsed, repealed, replaced, replated, replayed, repleads, sepalled, upleaped. | |
+3 letters: appareled, beclasped, bedplates, calipered, chapleted, depilated, depilates, dewlapped, displease, drapeable, empaneled, enclasped, endplates, epidermal, escaloped, esplanade, explained, explanted, impaneled, impearled, impleaded, leporidae, lespedeza, opalesced, outleaped, overpedal, palavered, paloverde, parcelled, parsleyed, pearlized, peculated, pedalfers, pedaliers, pedestals, pedlaries, penalised, penalized, plastered, plateaued, pleadable, pleasured, prebendal, prefeudal, preplaced, prevailed, rappelled, reapplied, reclasped, repaneled, replanned, replanted, repleaded, repleader, resampled, spanceled, speedball, spendable, unpleased. | |
+4 letters: acceptedly, addlepated, alphabeted, apparelled, blasphemed, callipered, clepsydrae, dealership, dependable, dependably, depletable, deplorable, deployable, depolarize, depopulate, deportable, depravedly, despicable, displeased, displeases, empanelled, encapsuled, epauletted, epidemical, escalloped, espadrille, espaliered, esplanades, exculpated, expandable, expendable, explicated, fireplaced, impanelled, interplead, leadership, leopardess, lespedezas, mispleaded, overlapped, overleaped, overpedals, overplayed, palletised, palletized, paloverdes, paralleled, pedestaled, pediculate, pedimental, percolated, perdurable, petalodies, phenolated, plaistered, planetwide, ponderable, praelected, precleaned, precleared, predicable, premedical, preparedly, preplanned, quadplexes, repanelled, repeatedly, repleaders, repleading, replicated, sleepyhead, spancelled, spectacled, speculated, speedballs, splattered, spreadable, stepladder, unexampled. | |
+5 letters: backpedaled, candlepower, dealerships, deceptional, depolarized, depolarizer, depolarizes, depopulated, depopulates, depreciable, desperately, developable, diencephala, dispensable, displeasure, doublespeak, espadrilles, expendables, frankpledge, interlapped, interplayed, interpleads, leaderships, leapfrogged, lepidoptera, livetrapped, loudspeaker, operculated, overpedaled, overplaided, overplanned, overplanted, paraldehyde, parallelled, pedestaling, pedestalled, pedicellate, pediculates, pedunculate, pentahedral, pentlandite, persuadable, philandered, philanderer, pigheadedly, placeholder, placekicked, preallotted, precanceled, predicables, predictable, premedieval, psychedelia, redisplayed, reduplicate, reimplanted, relandscape, replastered, repolarized, repopulated, sleepwalked, sleepyheads, spacewalked, specialised, specialized, speedballed, stepladders, telegraphed, underlapped, underplayed, unexplained, upgradeable, wallpapered. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 45 41 50 45 44 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . .- .--. . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000101 01000001 01010000 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L E A P E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0045 0041 0050 0045 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)463935503938 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Bible Trace 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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