قفر

قَفْر \ desert: (of an island) with nobody living on it. wilderness: a large area of wild open land; waste land; desert. \ قَفْز \ jump: a sudden spring (esp. in sports): He won the long jump. \ القَفْز (العالي) بالزَّانة \ pole vault: in sports, jumping over a high bar with the help of a pole. \ قَفَزَ \ bounce: to spring like a ball: John bounced out of bed. jump: to spring off one’s feet and land on them again: He kept jumping up and down. He jumped on to his horse and over the gate and across the stream, to spring over or across sth. The horse easily jumped the fence. leap: to jump high in the air: He leapt when he saw the snake near his foot. spring, (sprang): to jump; move suddenly: He sprang out of bed. vault: to jump (over), either by using a pole or by resting one’s hand on the object that one is crossing: He vaulted (over) the gates. \ See Also وثب (وَثَبَ)، اِجْتازَ قَفْزًا \ قَفَزَ (إلخ)‏ \ sprang: of spring. \ قَفَزَ (قَفْزَة)‏ \ bound: (to make) a powerful jump; (to run with) a jumping movement: He bounded down the hill. \ قَفَزَ بالمِظَلَّة (من طائرة)‏ \ bale out: to jump from a damaged aeroplane using a parachute. \ قَفَزَ بخفَّة (فوق حَبْل)‏ \ skip: to jump over a swinging rope, whose ends are held in one’s hands. \ قَفَزَ على قَدَم واحدة \ hop: to jump or move on one leg: The children were playing at hopping across some chalk lines.