Leash

Noun

 * 1) 🇺🇸 A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
 * 2) A brace and a half; a tierce.
 * 3) A set of three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.
 * 4) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
 * 5)  A leg rope.
 * 1980: Probably the idea was around before that, but the first photo of the leash in action was published that year &mdash; As Years Roll By (1970's Retrospective), Drew Kampion, Surfing magazine, February 1980, page 43. Quoted at surfresearch.com.au glossary.

Verb

 * 1) To fasten or secure with a leash.
 * 2)  to curb, restrain
 * 3) * 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
 * Man is brow-beaten, leashed, muzzled, masked, and lashed by boards and councils, by leagues and societies, by church and state.

Antonyms

 * unleash

Verbs for Leash
attach—; drag on—; exert—; hunt on—; lug on—; ply—; pull at—; secure with—; slip—; strain—; tow on—; tug at—; — confines; —controls; —restrains; —restricts; —yields; draw in—.

Thesaurus
Oregon boat, anchor, band, bandage, belt, bend, bilbo, bind, bind up, bond, bonds, brace, bridle, bundle, camisole, chain, chains, cinch, clover, collar, cuffs, deuce-ace, do up, enchain, entrammel, fasten, fetter, gag, gird, girdle, girt, girth, gyve, gyves, halter, hamper, handcuff, handcuffs, hobble, hobbles, hog-tie, hopple, hopples, irons, lace, lash, leading strings, make fast, manacle, moor, muzzle, peg down, picket, pillory, pin down, pinion, put in irons, reins, restrain, restraint, restraints, rope, secure, set of three, shackle, shamrock, splice, stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, stranglehold, strap, swaddle, swathe, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, tether, three, threesome, tie, tie down, tie up, tierce, trammel, trammels, trefoil, trey, triad, trialogue, triangle, tricorn, trident, triennium, trihedron, trilogy, trimester, trine, trinity, trinomial, trio, triphthong, triple crown, triple threat, triplet, triplopy, tripod, triptych, trireme, triseme, triskelion, trisul, triumvirate, triunity, trivet, troika, truss, wire, wrap, wrap up, yoke

Etymology
From leesshe:, leysche:, lesshe:, a variant of more original lease: <  lees:, leese:, leece:, lese:, from  lesse: (modern French laisse:), from  laxa:, feminine form of laxus:; compare lax:.

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 絏 (xiè), 绁 (xiè)
 * Czech:
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 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: თასმა (t‘asma), საბელი (sabeli), ღვედი (ğvedi)
 * German:
 * Hebrew: רצועה להולכת כלב


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: leiebånd, kobbel,
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 * Serbian: поводац
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Anagrams

 * hales
 * halse
 * heals
 * Sahel
 * Selah
 * shale