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Definition of leash verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

leash

verb
 
/liːʃ/
 
/liːʃ/
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present simple I / you / we / they leash
 
/liːʃ/
 
/liːʃ/
he / she / it leashes
 
/ˈliːʃɪz/
 
/ˈliːʃɪz/
past simple leashed
 
/liːʃt/
 
/liːʃt/
past participle leashed
 
/liːʃt/
 
/liːʃt/
-ing form leashing
 
/ˈliːʃɪŋ/
 
/ˈliːʃɪŋ/
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  1. leash something to control an animal, especially a dog, with a leash
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French lesse, laisse, from laissier in the specific sense ‘let run on a slack lead’, from Latin laxare ‘make loose’, from laxus ‘loose, lax’.
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