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leash

 (lēsh)
n.
1.
a. A chain, rope, or strap attached to the collar or harness of an animal, especially a dog, and used to lead it or hold it in check.
b. A strap or cord attached to a harness worn by a small child, used to prevent the child from wandering off.
c. A strap, cord, or other line used to keep an object close to its user or in a designated location.
2.
a. Control or restraint: emotions kept in leash.
b. A range of allowable behavior or responsibility: a husband kept on a short leash.
3.
a. A set of three animals, such as hounds.
b. A set of three.
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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leash

(liːʃ)
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) hunting three of the same kind of animal, usually hounds, foxes, or hares
4. straining at the leash eagerly impatient to begin something
vb
(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 lax]
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leash

(liʃ)
n.
1. a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
2. control; restraint: to keep one's temper in leash.
3. a brace and a half, as of foxes or hounds; set of three animals.
v.t.
4. to secure or control by or as if by a leash.
5. to bind together by or as if by a leash; connect; link; associate.
Idioms:
strain at the leash, to struggle against constraints.
[1250–1300; Middle English lesh, variant of lece, lese < Old French laisse]
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Leash

 Sporting, a brace and a half; a tierce, i.e., ‘three’. See also harl.
Examples: leash of armies, 1705; of bucks, 1624; of days, 1609; of deer; of foxes, 1838; of greyhound, 1450; of hares, 1750; of hawks, 1486; of hounds, 1320; of kings, 1859; of languages, 1663; of partridges; of ratches, 1526; of snipe; of teal, 1826; of trout, 1882.
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leash


Past participle: leashed
Gerund: leashing

Imperative
leash
leash
Present
I leash
you leash
he/she/it leashes
we leash
you leash
they leash
Preterite
I leashed
you leashed
he/she/it leashed
we leashed
you leashed
they leashed
Present Continuous
I am leashing
you are leashing
he/she/it is leashing
we are leashing
you are leashing
they are leashing
Present Perfect
I have leashed
you have leashed
he/she/it has leashed
we have leashed
you have leashed
they have leashed
Past Continuous
I was leashing
you were leashing
he/she/it was leashing
we were leashing
you were leashing
they were leashing
Past Perfect
I had leashed
you had leashed
he/she/it had leashed
we had leashed
you had leashed
they had leashed
Future
I will leash
you will leash
he/she/it will leash
we will leash
you will leash
they will leash
Future Perfect
I will have leashed
you will have leashed
he/she/it will have leashed
we will have leashed
you will have leashed
they will have leashed
Future Continuous
I will be leashing
you will be leashing
he/she/it will be leashing
we will be leashing
you will be leashing
they will be leashing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been leashing
you have been leashing
he/she/it has been leashing
we have been leashing
you have been leashing
they have been leashing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been leashing
you will have been leashing
he/she/it will have been leashing
we will have been leashing
you will have been leashing
they will have been leashing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been leashing
you had been leashing
he/she/it had been leashing
we had been leashing
you had been leashing
they had been leashing
Conditional
I would leash
you would leash
he/she/it would leash
we would leash
you would leash
they would leash
Past Conditional
I would have leashed
you would have leashed
he/she/it would have leashed
we would have leashed
you would have leashed
they would have leashed
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.leash - restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animalleash - restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
2.leash - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and oneleash - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
3.leash - 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"
restraint - the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade"
Verb1.leash - fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely"
tie, bind - fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"
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leash

noun
1. lead, line, restraint, cord, rein, tether All dogs should be on a leash.
2. restraint, hold, control, check, curb They have kept the company on a tight leash.
verb
1. tether, control, secure, restrain, tie up, hold back, fasten Make sure your dog is leashed and muzzled.
straining at the leash impatient, eager, restless, chafing There are plenty of youngsters straining at the leash to take their place.
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leash

verb
To restrict the activity or free movement of:
Informal: hog-tie.
noun
An instrument or means of restraining:
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Translations
رباط عُنْق الكَلْب
vodítko
hundesnor
talutushihna
póráz
ól, band
pasaitas
pavadasaitesiksna
vrvica
koppel
tasma kayışızinciri

leash

[liːʃ] Ncorrea f, traílla f
see also strain 1 C
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leash

[ˈliːʃ] nlaisse f
to be on a leash [dog] → être en laisse
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

leash

nLeine f; on a leashan der Leine; to give somebody a longer leash (esp US fig) → jdm mehr Freiheit geben ? also strain1
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leash

[liːʃ] nguinzaglio
on a leash → al guinzaglio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

leash

(liːʃ) noun
a strip of leather or piece of chain attached to a collar round its neck by which a dog etc is held.
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References in classic literature ?
He had a look at all the details of the hunt, sent a pack of hounds and huntsmen on ahead to find the quarry, mounted his chestnut Donets, and whistling to his own leash of borzois, set off across the threshing ground to a field leading to the Otradnoe wood.
I wondered if Raja would stand for a leash. His head as he paced beside me was level with my hip.
Again and again to such gamesome talk, the dexterous dart is repeated, the spear returning to its master like a greyhound held in skilful leash. The agonized whale goes into his flurry; the tow-line is slackened, and the pitchpoler dropping astern, folds his hands, and mutely watches the monster die.
Once a leash of thin black whips, like the arms of an octopus, flashed across the sunset and was immediately with- drawn, and afterwards a thin rod rose up, joint by joint, bearing at its apex a circular disk that spun with a wobbling motion.
Whining eagerly, he strained at the leash, risking his tender toes among the many inconsiderate, restless, leather-shod feet of the humans, as he quested and scented for Cocky and Kwaque, and, most of all, for Steward.
He had a vague idea that with such a force as the great kite straining at its leash, this might be used to lift to the altitude of the kite itself heavier articles.
“If I hadn’t fastened the hounds with my own hands, with a fresh leash of green buckskin, I’d take a Bible oath that I heard old Hector ringing his cry on the mountain.”
The creature instantly broke into a succession of high, tremulous yelps, and, with his nose on the ground, and his tail in the air, pattered off upon the trail at a pace which strained his leash and kept us at the top of our speed.
As if anxious to remain unperceived amongst their overtopping sisters, two or three "finished" ships floated low, with an air of straining at the leash of their level headfasts, exposing to view their cleared decks and covered hatches, prepared to drop stern first out of the labouring ranks, displaying the true comeliness of form which only her proper sea-trim gives to a ship.
She looked at his heavy shoulders and big, determined head, thrust forward like a catapult in leash.
He has a gentle voice and a quiet manner, but behind his twinkling blue eyes there lurks a capacity for furious wrath and implacable resolution, the more dangerous because they are held in leash. He spoke little of his own exploits in Brazil and Peru, but it was a revelation to me to find the excitement which was caused by his presence among the riverine natives, who looked upon him as their champion and protector.
We decided to take him with us to camp, and by means of belts we managed to secure his hands behind his back and place a leash around his neck before he regained consciousness.