English Explanatory Dictionary

leash

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
  2. A brace and a half; a tierce.
  3. A set of three animals (especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares;)
  4. A group of three.
  5. A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
  6. A leg rope.
  7. A kind of metrical construct in Skeltonics.
verb
  1. To fasten or secure with a leash.
  2. to curb, restrain

Pronunciation

/liːʃ/ en-us-leash.ogg

Word forms

leash leashes leashing leashed

Etymology

From Middle English leesshe, leysche, lesshe, a variant of more original lease, from Middle English lees, leese, leece, lese, from Old French lesse (modern French laisse), either from Latin laxa, feminine form of laxus (“loose”) or, more probably, from a deverbal of Old French lesser, laissier, from Latin laxāre (“loose”); compare lax. Doublet of laisse.

Synonyms

lead

Antonyms

unleash

Derived words

in leash leashless leashlike off-leash on a tight leash on-leash short leash strain at the leash traffic leash urinary leash unleashable
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