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- Dictionarylope/ləʊp/
verb
- 1. walk or run with a long bounding stride: "the dog was loping along by his side"
noun
- 1. a long bounding stride: "they set off at a fast lope"
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LOPE definition: 1. (of a person or animal) to run taking long, relaxed steps: 2. a way of walking or moving using…. Learn more.
The meaning of LOPE is an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter. How to use lope in a sentence.
LOPE meaning: 1. (of a person or animal) to run taking long, relaxed steps: 2. a way of walking or moving using…. Learn more.
Lope definition: to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.. See examples of LOPE used in a sentence.
If a person or animal lopes somewhere, they run in an easy and relaxed way, taking long steps. He was loping across the sand toward Nancy. [VERB preposition/adverb] Matty saw him go loping off, running low. [VERB preposition/adverb] [ Also VERB] Synonyms: stride, spring, bound, gallop More Synonyms of lope.
1. to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person. 2. to canter leisurely with a long, easy stride, as a horse. v.t. 3. to cause to lope. n. 4. a long, easy stride. [1325–75; Middle English loupen, lopen < Old Norse hlaupa or Middle Dutch lopen; see leap] lop′er, n.
Some words are fun to say: lope is one of them. It's also fun to think about, as it means to move with a casual, striding gait. Imagine a horse cantering along with an easy lope. A pleasant image indeed. Before 1825, the meaning of lope was in the line of a leap or springy jump.
