leash
[leesh]
noun
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.
verb (used with object)
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.
Origin of leash
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Related Words for leash
rope, cord, tether, strap, control, chain, lead, restraint, curb, bridle, deterrent, hold, check, hog-tie, clog, fetter, secure, suppress, restrain, hamperExamples from the Web for leash
Contemporary Examples of leash
In the article, she spoke about her boyfriend taking her to clubs on a leash and collar.
With Dallas in Magic Mike, Steven [Soderbergh] did nothing but let the leash go.
Generally, she was defiant—almost magnificently so—when her demons slipped their leash.
Historical Examples of leash
As he came near, the girl could hold herself in leash no longer.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
He must have slipped his cousin's leash, for he was at the Nicaragua almost as soon as I was.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
But not any known law, human or divine, could hold our thoughts in leash.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
She strained at the warps that held her like a greyhound at its leash.
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other TalesArthur Conan Doyle
Up to this time he had held his age back in the leash of an iron will.
The GeniusMargaret Horton Potter
leash
noun
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Word Origin for leash
C13: from Old French laisse, from laissier to loose (hence, to let a dog run on a leash), ultimately from Latin laxus lax
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