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leashed

/liːʃt/

leashed is the simple past and past participle of leash.

Meaning of leash

Verb

leash (third-person singular simple present leashes, present participle leashing, simple past and past participle leashed)

  1. To fasten or secure with a leash.
  2. (figuratively) to curb, restrain
    • Man is brow-beaten, leashed, muzzled, masked, and lashed by boards and councils, by leagues and societies, by church and state.1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress

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Adjective

leashed (not comparable)

  1. Having a leash of a specified color.
    • In the registration for William, Earl of Dundonald, 1672-78, the same person, the boars' heads are armed and langued of the field, and the supporters are collared or and leashed gules.1881, Robert Riddle Stodart, Scottish Arms: Being a Collection of Armorial Bearings, A.D. 1370-1678, Reproduced in Fascimile from Contemporary Manuscripts, page 59
    • [...] a sleuthhound proper, collared and leashed gules.1895, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, and a Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, and Being the First Attempt to Show which Arms in...

Questions about leashed

What does leashed mean?
Leashed means having a leash of a specified color.
What is leashed the simple past and past participle of?
Leashed is the simple past and past participle of leash.
What part of speech is leashed?
Leashed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce leashed?
Leashed is pronounced /liːʃt/.

Words near leashed in the dictionary

  1. leasers
  2. leases
  3. leases for lives
  4. leasest
  5. leash
  6. leashed
  7. leashes
  8. leashing
  9. leashless
  10. leashlike
  11. leasing

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