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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



... a greyhound from his keeper's leash, and with an effort which almost overthrew him, Quentin sprang through a second and a third room, the last of which seemed to be the bedroom of the Ladies of Croye. No living mortal was to be seen in either of them. He called upon the Lady ...
— Quentin Durward • Sir Walter Scott

... settled back in her seat with a feeling of delightful languor. The dance had released all the pent-up emotions that a night of vivid sensations had called into her life. She had come into the Rose Room of the Palace Hotel quivering in the leash of a restrained enjoyment; it had taken the quick lash of opportunity to send her spirits hurtling forward in wild and headlong abandon. She lifted her wine-glass in answer to the upraised glasses of her companions, and the thought flashed over ...
— The Blood Red Dawn • Charles Caldwell Dobie

... child of about nine, with golden locks which had a pretty ripple in them, and deep long-lashed eyes that promised to be dangerous one day. 'We took Frisk out without the leash, mummy,' she cried, 'and when we got into Westbourne Grove he ran away. Wasn't it too bad ...
— The Giant's Robe • F. Anstey

... a few dollars it will come out all right. We expect to be back here on Sunday but may stay out later. Don't worry if you don't hear. It is grand to see the line of battleships five miles out like dogs in a leash puffing and straining. Thank God they'll let them slip any minute now. I don't know where "Stenie" is. I am now going to take a nap ...
— Adventures and Letters • Richard Harding Davis

... the ground in two halves, and on two different days. When the boys of the school-House, Roe's, Bickers's, and Grover's turned out to the starting-post, Railsford's, chafing like greyhounds in the leash, turned in to ...
— The Master of the Shell • Talbot Baines Reed


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