leap – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of leap

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to leap upon sth
Participle: leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
Gerund: leaping upon sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ileap upon sth
youleap upon sth
he;she;itleaps upon sth
weleap upon sth
youleap upon sth
theyleap upon sth

Perfect

Ihave leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youhave leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
he;she;ithas leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
wehave leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youhave leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
theyhave leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth

Past

Ileapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youleapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
he;she;itleapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
weleapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youleapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
theyleapt upon sth; leaped upon sth

Pluperfect

Ihad leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youhad leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
he;she;ithad leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
wehad leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youhad leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
theyhad leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth

Future

Iwill leap upon sth
youwill leap upon sth
he;she;itwill leap upon sth
wewill leap upon sth
youwill leap upon sth
theywill leap upon sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youwill have leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
he;she;itwill have leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
wewill have leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youwill have leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
theywill have leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ileap upon sth
youleap upon sth
he;she;itleap upon sth
weleap upon sth
youleap upon sth
theyleap upon sth

Perfect

Ihave leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youhave leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
he;she;ithave leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
wehave leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youhave leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
theyhave leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth

Imperfect

Ileapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youleapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
he;she;itleapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
weleapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youleapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
theyleapt upon sth; leaped upon sth

Pluperfect

Ihad leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youhad leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
he;she;ithad leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
wehad leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youhad leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
theyhad leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould leap upon sth
youwould leap upon sth
he;she;itwould leap upon sth
wewould leap upon sth
youwould leap upon sth
theywould leap upon sth

Perfect

Iwould have leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youwould have leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
he;she;itwould have leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
wewould have leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
youwould have leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth
theywould have leapt upon sth; leaped upon sth

Imperative

youleap upon sth
weLet's leap upon sth
youleap upon sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam leaping upon sth
youare leaping upon sth
he;she;itis leaping upon sth
weare leaping upon sth
youare leaping upon sth
theyare leaping upon sth

Perfect

Ihave been leaping upon sth
youhave been leaping upon sth
he;she;ithas been leaping upon sth
wehave been leaping upon sth
youhave been leaping upon sth
theyhave been leaping upon sth

Past

Iwas leaping upon sth
youwere leaping upon sth
he;she;itwas leaping upon sth
wewere leaping upon sth
youwere leaping upon sth
theywere leaping upon sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been leaping upon sth
youhad been leaping upon sth
he;she;ithad been leaping upon sth
wehad been leaping upon sth
youhad been leaping upon sth
theyhad been leaping upon sth

Future

Iwill be leaping upon sth
youwill be leaping upon sth
he;she;itwill be leaping upon sth
wewill be leaping upon sth
youwill be leaping upon sth
theywill be leaping upon sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been leaping upon sth
youwill have been leaping upon sth
he;she;itwill have been leaping upon sth
wewill have been leaping upon sth
youwill have been leaping upon sth
theywill have been leaping upon sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be leaping upon sth
youwould be leaping upon sth
he;she;itwould be leaping upon sth
wewould be leaping upon sth
youwould be leaping upon sth
theywould be leaping upon sth

Perfect

Iwould have been leaping upon sth
youwould have been leaping upon sth
he;she;itwould have been leaping upon sth
wewould have been leaping upon sth
youwould have been leaping upon sth
theywould have been leaping upon sth

Other

Verbs similar to 'leap'

heap, lap, lead, leaf, leak, leam, lean, lear, lerp, neap,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

instance of propelling oneself into air
bounce, jump, pounce
jump
hurdle, bound, vault, spring, hop
clear
hurdle, overcome, surmount, negotiate

Antonyms

clear
ambiguous, cloudy, dubious, doubtful

Additional Information

Cf. Old English crēopan (creep), hlēapan (leap), slǣpan (sleep), swāpan (sweep) and wēpan (weep).

Etymology

1. O.E. hleapan "to jump, run, leap" (class VII strong verb; past tense hleop, pp. hleapen), from P.Gmc. *khlaupan (cf. O.S. hlopan, O.N. hlaupa, O.Fris. hlapa, Du. lopen, Ger. laufen "to run," Goth. us-hlaupan "to jump up"), of uncertain origin, with no known cognates beyond Germanic. The noun is O.E. hlyp (Anglian *hlep). Leap year (M.E.) so called from its causing fixed festival days to "leap" ahead one day in the week. Leap-frog, the children's game, is attested from 1599.
2. From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, and loop.
3. Cognate with North Frisian laap, luup, luupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Saterland Frisian lope, loope (“to run”), West Frisian ljeppe (“to jump”), Dutch lopen (“to run; to walk”), German laufen (“to run; to walk”), Limburgish loupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Low German lopen, loupen (“to run”), Luxembourgish lafen (“to run”), Vilamovian łaojfa (“to run”), Danish løbe (“to run”), Faroese leypa (“to jump”), Icelandic hlaupa (“to run; to jump”), Norwegian Bokmål løpe (“to run”), Norwegian Nynorsk laupa, laupe, løpa, løpe (“to run”), Swedish löpa (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”) (compare Lithuanian šlùbti ‘to become lame’, klùbti ‘to stumble’). See: Proto-Germanic '*hlaupaną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'lope', Dutch 'lopen', German, old spelling 'laufen', Low Saxon 'lopen', Luxembourgish 'lafen', Wymysorys 'łaojfa', Danish 'løbe', Faroese 'leypa', Icelandic 'hlaupa', Norwegian 'løpe', Norwegian, nynorsk 'laupa', Swedish 'löpa'.

Verbs referencing "leap"

German, old spelling laufen, Low Saxon lopen, Danish løbe, Alemannic German laufe, Luxembourgish lafen, Alemannic German lauffe, German, Pennsylvania laafe, German, old spelling lüpfen, Cimbrian loavan, Norwegian, nynorsk laupa, Cimbrian lóofan, Bavarian laffa.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] third morning. I am awakened out of my sleep by a dismal shriek from my wife, who demands to know whether there 's any danger. I rouse myself, and look out of bed. The water-jug is plunging and leaping like a lively dolphin; all the smaller articles are afloat, except my shoes, which are stranded on a carpet-bag, high and dry, like a couple of coal-barges. Suddenly I see them spring into the air, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] a deep dive into the water. Before she has gained the surface, she throws a summerset. The instant she is on her legs, she rushes backward. And so she goes on staggering, heaving, wrestling, leaping, diving, jumping, pitching, throbbing, rolling, and rocking: and going through all these movements, sometimes by turns, and sometimes altogether: until one feels disposed to roar for mercy. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and staggers, and shivers, as though stunned, and then, with a violent throbbing at her heart, darts onward like a monster goaded into madness, to be beaten down, and battered, and crushed, and leaped on by the angry sea—that thunder, lightning, hail, and rain, and wind, are all in fierce contention for the mastery—that every plank has its groan, every nail its shriek, and every drop of water in [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and were made fast, after some shouting and straining of cables; darted, a score of us along the gangway, almost as soon as it was thrust out to meet us, and before it had reached the ship—and leaped upon the firm glad earth again ! (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Lord bless you, Mas’r, I couldn't help it now, ” said Sam, giving way to the long pent-up delight of his soul. “ She looked so curi 's, a leapin ’ and springin’—ice a crackin’—and only to hear her,—plump ! ker chunk ! ker splash ! Spring ! Lord ! how she goes it ! ” and Sam and Andy laughed till the tears rolled down their cheeks. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] to him ? And in what walk of life, or dance of life, does man ever get such stimulating applause as thunders about him, when, having danced his partner off her feet, and himself too, he finishes by leaping gloriously on the bar-counter, and calling for something to drink, with the chuckle of a million of counterfeit Jim Crows, in one inimitable sound ! (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] through our glasses we could see the people on her decks, and easily make out her name, and whither she was bound. For hours together we could watch the dolphins and porpoises as they rolled and leaped and dived around the vessel; or those small creatures ever on the wing, the Mother Carey 's chickens, which had borne us company from New York bay, and for a whole fortnight fluttered about the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)