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leash 
[leesh] Pronunciation Key
[leesh] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead. |
| 2. | check; curb; restraint: to keep one's temper in leash; a tight leash on one's subordinates. |
| 3. | Hunting. a brace and a half, as of foxes or hounds. |
| 4. | to secure, control, or restrain by or as if by a leash: to leash water power for industrial use. |
| 5. | to bind together by or as if by a leash; connect; link; associate. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| leash
(lēsh) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. leashed, leash·ing, leash·es To restrain with or as if with a leash. [Middle English lees, lesh, from Old French laisse, from laissier, to let go; see lease.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
leash
leash
"thong for holding a dog or hound," c.1300, from O.Fr. laisse, from laissier "loosen," from L. laxare, from laxus "loose" (see lax). Fig. senses are attested from c.1430. The verb is from 1599. The noun meaning "a set of three" is from c.1320, originally in sporting language.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| leash | |
noun | |
| 1. | restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal |
| 2. | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: three] |
| 3. | a figurative restraint; "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" [syn: collar] |
verb | |
| 1. | fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely" [syn: rope] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Leash
Leash\, n. [OE. lese, lees, leece, OF. lesse, F. laisse, LL. laxa, fr. L. laxus loose. See Lax.]1. A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog. Even like a fawning greyhound in the leash. --Shak. 2. (Sporting) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general. [I] kept my chamber a leash of days. --B. Jonson. Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings. --Tennyson. 3. (Weaving) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Leash
Leash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Leashing.] To tie together, or hold, with a leash.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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