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leash

[ leesh ]

noun

  1. a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
  2. check; curb; restraint: a tight leash on one's subordinates.

    to keep one's temper in leash;

    a tight leash on one's subordinates.

  3. Hunting. a brace and a half, as of foxes or hounds.


verb (used with object)

  1. to secure, control, or restrain by or as if by a leash:

    to leash water power for industrial use.

  2. to bind together by or as if by a leash; connect; link; associate.

leash

/ ːʃ /

noun

  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 three of the same kind of animal, usually hounds, foxes, or hares
  4. straining at the leash
    eagerly impatient to begin something
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to control or secure by or as if by a leash
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of leash1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English lesh, variant of lece, lese, from Old French laisse; lease 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of leash1

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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She added: "The ankle leashes attached to the boards of those stuck in the hydraulic spin, which are totally unsuitable for fast-flowing water, made it even harder for them to get free."

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In the video, the man lifts a dog off the ground by the leash before slamming it to the ground and kicking the animal.

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The unidentified male owner of the leashed pit bull was seen speaking to the driver of a parked car when the pit bull bit the leashed poodle, according to Santa Monica police.

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“Fought down, stayed down, because he’s a dog. Man, is he out here running around like a dog, just off the leash.”

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That weekend, I noticed myself impatiently tugging at Otto’s leash on his morning walk despite the fact that it was the first nice Saturday we’d had in weeks and we had nowhere else to be.

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