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Leash   /liʃ/   Listen
Leash

noun
1.
Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal.  Synonyms: lead, tether.
2.
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.  Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika.
3.
A figurative restraint.  Synonym: collar.  "Kept a tight leash on his emotions" , "He's always gotten a long leash"
verb
(past & past part. leashed; pres. part. leashing)
1.
Fasten with a rope.  Synonym: rope.






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"Leash" Quotes from Famous Books



... Soyot kick up three of the horses and spring into the saddle of one with the others in leash behind. Behind him sprang up the Tartar and the Kalmuck. I had already drawn my rifle on the Soyot but, as soon as I saw the Tartar and Kalmuck on their lovely horses behind him, I dropped my gun and knew all was well. The Reds ...
— Beasts, Men and Gods • Ferdinand Ossendowski

... For who of your friends the French shall ever believe again word that you utter. And all your goods and lands this Queen will have for the Church, so that she may have utter power with a parcel of new shavelings, that will not withstand her. So all the land will come in to her leash.... We are fooled and ...
— The Fifth Queen Crowned • Ford Madox Ford

... surprised by the English, lying in ambush. Their dogs often gave them notice of approach: a scheme was propounded, to turn this advantage against them. The English were to be furnished with two sets of dogs: one leash, swift and fierce, to pursue the dogs of the natives; but as both would soon vanish from the sight of the pursuers, the second species were to be retained, to scent their course. Thus, the native would run first,—his ...
— The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) • John West

... the greyhound in leash, David Steel was more annoyed and vexed over the disappearance of the wounded Van Sneck than he cared to admit. He had an uneasy feeling that the unseen foe had checkmated him again. And he had built up so many hopes upon this strangely-uninvited guest of his. If that ...
— The Crimson Blind • Fred M. White

... of time Adolphe's nerves improved so much that he could manage to knock down a leash of birds, or roll over a hare; but boars and wolves he declined to have anything further to do with; and when I met him by accident some years after, in the presence of mutual friends, he said, "Ah! de Crignelle, what two famous shots those were I put into that boar! ...
— Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches • Henri de Crignelle


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