Lope

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To run or ride with a steady, easy gait.
  • n. A steady, easy gait.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To jump, leap.
  • v. To travel an easy pace with long strides.
  • n. A horse's easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. A lope resembles a canter.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • imperative. of leap.
  • verb-intransitive. To leap; to dance.
  • verb-intransitive. To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse.
  • verb-intransitive. To run with an easy, bounding stride; -- of people.
  • n. A leap; a long step.
  • n. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To leap.
  • To move or run with a long step, as a dog; canter leisurely with a rather long, easy stride, as a horse.
  • To cause to lope in going or running.
  • n. A leap.
  • n. A striding movement; a run made with long steps; especially, a leisurely canter with a rather long, easy stride, as of a horse.
  • n. A Middle English preterit and past participle of leap.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a slow pace of running
  • n. a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
  • v. run easily
  • Verb Form
    loped    lopes    loping   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gait    run   
    Variant
    leap   
    Form
    loped    loping   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    leap    dance    gait    go   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hope    Nope    Pope    bronchoscope    cope    dope    elope    grope    hope    mope   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    canter    trot    gallop    gait    stride    pirouette