leep

See also: Leep and LEEP

English

Verb

leep

1. Obsolete form of leap.

   Ye mountains, that ye did leep like rams; and ye hills, like lambs of the flock.

Anagrams

• Lepe, Peel, Pele, peel

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eːp

Adjective

leep (comparative leper, superlative leepst)

1. crafty, shrewd
2. (obsolete) shifted, tilted
3. with watery, tearing eyes

Inflection

Declension of leep
uninflected	leep
inflected	lepe
comparative	leper
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		leep	leper	het leepst het leepste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	lepe	lepere	leepste
	n. sing.	leep	leper	leepste
	plural	lepe	lepere	leepste
definite		lepe	lepere	leepste
partitive		leeps	lepers	—

Derived terms

• lepe
• leperd m
• leepheid, lepigheid
• leepoog n; leepogig

Anagrams

• lepe, Peel

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Middle English

Verb

leep

1. leap
   • 1481, William Caxton, The Historye of Reynard the Foxe

     the dogges haue be sette on hym and haue hunted hym away / And ones they leep on hym vpon the banke