Dictionary Entry
leash
leash is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
- 4transitive verb
To tie together, or hold, with a leash.
- 5noun
a figurative restraint
"asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"
"kept a tight leash on his emotions"
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- 6noun
restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- 7noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- 8verb
fasten with a rope
"rope the bag securely"
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