leash
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noun
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.
verb (used with object)
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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| —n | |
| 1. | a line or rope used to walk or control a dog or other animal; lead |
| 2. | something resembling this in function: he kept a tight leash on his emotions |
| 3. | hunting three of the same kind of animal, usually hounds, foxes, or hares |
| 4. | straining at the leash eagerly impatient to begin something |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (tr) to control or secure by or as if by a leash |
| [C13: from Old French laisse, from laissier to loose (hence, to let a dog run on a leash), ultimately from Latin laxus | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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Example sentences
The pit bull's owner receives only summonses for having an unlicensed dog and for not keeping it on a leash.
He spins and gets the leash in his mouth, and sinks to the ground to avoid moving.
Additional off-leash dog areas are in the planning stage.
But in the long run, the lingering long leash of wasteful state programs must be reigned in.
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