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leash
[ leesh ]
noun
- a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
to keep one's temper in leash;
a tight leash on one's subordinates.
- Hunting. a brace and a half, as of foxes or hounds.
leash
/ ːʃ /
noun
- a line or rope used to walk or control a dog or other animal; lead
- something resembling this in function
he kept a tight leash on his emotions
- hunting three of the same kind of animal, usually hounds, foxes, or hares
- straining at the leasheagerly impatient to begin something
verb
- tr to control or secure by or as if by a leash
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of leash1
Example Sentences
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."
In the video, the man lifts a dog off the ground by the leash before slamming it to the ground and kicking the animal.
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.
“Fought down, stayed down, because he’s a dog. Man, is he out here running around like a dog, just off the leash.”
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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