 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
leash
noun
1: restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to
restrain an animal [syn: {tether}, {lead}]
2: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
[syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce},
{troika}, {triad}, {trine}, {trinity}, {ternary}, {ternion},
{triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}]
3: a figurative restraint; "asked for a collar on program
trading in the stock market"; "kept a tight leash on his
emotions"; "he's always gotten a long leash" [syn: {collar}]
verb: fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely" [syn: {rope}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Leash \Leash\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Leashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Leashing}.]
To tie together, or hold, with a leash.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Leash \Leash\ (l[=e]sh), noun [OE. lese, lees, leece, OF. lesse,
F. laisse, LL. laxa, fr. L. laxus loose. See {Lax}.]
1. A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a person may
hold or restrain an animal, such as a falconer holding his
hawk, or a courser his dog. For dogs and cats, the leash
is commonly attached to a collar around the neck of the
animal.
Even like a fawning greyhound in the leash. --Shak.
2. (Sporting) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three
creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes,
bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.
[I] kept my chamber a leash of days. --B. Jonson.
Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings.
--Tennyson.
3. (Weaving) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp
threads, in a loom.
{To keep (a person) on a short leash} to maintain close
control over the activities of (a person).
[PJC]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
123 Moby Thesaurus words for "leash":
Oregon boat, anchor, band, bandage, belt, bend, bilbo, bind,
bind up, bond, bonds, brace, bridle, bundle, camisole, chain,
chains, cinch, clover, collar, cuffs, deuce-ace, do up, enchain,
entrammel, fasten, fetter, gag, gird, girdle, girt, girth, gyve,
gyves, halter, hamper, handcuff, handcuffs, hobble, hobbles,
hog-tie, hopple, hopples, irons, lace, lash, leading strings,
make fast, manacle, moor, muzzle, peg down, picket, pillory,
pin down, pinion, put in irons, reins, restrain, restraint,
restraints, rope, secure, set of three, shackle, shamrock, splice,
stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket,
stranglehold, strap, swaddle, swathe, tercet, ternary, ternion,
terzetto, tether, three, threesome, tie, tie down, tie up, tierce,
trammel, trammels, trefoil, trey, triad, trialogue, triangle,
tricorn, trident, triennium, trihedron, trilogy, trimester, trine,
trinity, trinomial, trio, triphthong, triple crown, triple threat,
triplet, triplopy, tripod, triptych, trireme, triseme, triskelion,
trisul, triumvirate, triunity, trivet, troika, truss, wire, wrap,
wrap up, yoke
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