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BNC: 26570 COCA: 17601

lope

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lope /ˈloʊp/ verb
lopes; loped; loping
lope
/ˈloʊp/
verb
lopes; loped; loping
Learner's definition of LOPE
[no object]
: to run in a relaxed way with long strides轻松地大步跑

— lope

noun [singular]

— loping

adjective

— lopingly

adverb
BNC: 26570 COCA: 17601

lope

1 of 2

noun

1
: an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter
2
: an easy usually bounding gait capable of being sustained for a long time

lope

2 of 2

verb

loped; loping

intransitive verb

: to move or ride at a lope
loper noun

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Verb The horses loped easily across the fields. He went loping up the hill. The outfielder loped after the ball.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In between construction sites, Riddle turned his head to watch a coyote lope across the road. Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 29 June 2022 The bear passed before him at a lope, 50 yards away. National Geographic, 19 May 2017
Verb
The engine is original but for a century of maintenance and use, and a tall overdrive gear has been added to let the car lope easily on open highway. Mark Ewing, Forbes, 3 July 2022 The vehicle can also lope around town at 1,500 rpm in fifth gear, then erupt with low-end torque in a way no other V-12 model can. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 June 2022 And the effort required to lope stiff-legged across the powdery surface guzzled the air and cooling water in his backpack, limiting his time outside the relative safety of the lunar module. Outside Online, 23 June 2021 The gray wolf that made headlines in 2011 for becoming the first lobo in nearly a century to lope in California’s wilderness is presumed dead. Suzanne Espinosa Solis, SFChronicle.com, 15 Apr. 2020 The dancers, like multicolored gazelles, flit and lope and skitter and spin, each following a distinct and singular trajectory. Marina Harss, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019 Stubby hind legs increase energy efficiency, allowing the animals to lope easily across the ground. Christine Dell'amore, National Geographic, 14 June 2019 Soon Flora Bundy will return for her second witness interview and a lion or two may lope through the den, checking on how the inquiry is going. Anne Carson, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019 These days, Dublin City seems to be flexing another muscle: Cyclists flood the streets, runners lope along park trails and, on the edges of this coastal metropolis, kite surfers dot the sky. Brigid Mander, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English loup, lope leap, probably from Old Norse hlaup; akin to Old English hlēapan to leap — more at leap

First Known Use

Noun

1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

circa 1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lope was in 1809
BNC: 26570 COCA: 17601

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