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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024leash /liʃ/USA pronunciation n. - [countable] a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal;
a lead. - control;
restraint:[uncountable]to keep one's temper in leash.
v. [~ + object] - to secure or control by or as if by a leash:Leash your dog.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024leash (lēsh),USA pronunciation n. - a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal;
lead. - check;
curb;
restraint: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.
v.t. - to secure, control, or restrain by or as if by a leash:to leash water power for industrial use.
- to bind together by or as if by a leash;
connect;
link;
associate.
- Old French laisse. See lease1
- Middle English lesh, variant of lece, lese 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: leash /liːʃ/ n - 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
- straining at the leash ⇒ eagerly impatient to begin something
vb - (transitive) to control or secure by or as if by a leash
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French laisse, from laissier to loose (hence, to let a dog run on a leash), ultimately from Latin laxus lax |