leash

CEFRB2

/liːʃ/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    A strap used to control or guide an animal.

  2. 02

    verb

    To control an animal with a strap.

Examples

  • As soon as I let go of the leash, the dog ran away.

  • If you want to buy a leash, go to a pet shop.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A brace and a half; a tierce.

  2. A set of three animals (especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares;)

  3. A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.

More examples

In context

  • Tom had a dog on a short leash.

  • A stout woman upholstered in velvet, her flabby cheeks too much massaged, swirled by with her poodle straining at its leash

  • like a fawning greyhound in the leash

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Origin

noun

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.