leash

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /liːʃ/ Rhymes: -iːʃ Homophone: Laois === Noun === leash (plural leashes) A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog. Synonym: lead (obsolete) A brace and a half; a tierce. (obsolete) A set of three animals (especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares;) (obsolete) A group of three. A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom. (surfing) A leg rope. (prosody) A kind of metrical construct in Skeltonics. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === leash (third-person singular simple present leashes, present participle leashing, simple past and past participle leashed) To fasten or secure with a leash. (figuratively) to curb, restrain ==== Antonyms ==== unleash (verb) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “leash”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “leash”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Anagrams === helas, hales, Selah, heals, Sahel, Saleh, sheal, shale, selah, Heals, Halse, halse, Hales, Shalë