noun
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a leaping or jumping forward.
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a passing or crossing over.
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the fact or an instance of spreading widely (as creepers etc.).
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a place to pass through.
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an abridging, shortening; abridgement.
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an evil happening, disease contracted etc. supposedly caused by stepping on or walking over an inauspicious thing.
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(mus.) a moving from one note to another leaving one or more notes in between untouched.