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lope

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lope  (lp)
intr.v. loped, lop·ing, lopes
To run or ride with a steady, easy gait.
n.
A steady, easy gait.

[Middle English lopen, to leap, from Old Norse hlaupa.]

loper n.

lope [ləʊp]
vb
1. (intr) (of a person) to move or run with a long swinging stride
2. (intr) (of four-legged animals) to run with a regular bounding movement
3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to cause (a horse) to canter with a long easy stride or (of a horse) to canter in this manner
n
a long steady gait or stride
[from Old Norse hlaupa to leap; compare Middle Dutch lopen to run]
loper  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lope - a slow pace of runninglope - a slow pace of running              
locomotion, travel - self-propelled movement
dogtrot - a steady trot like that of a dog
2.lope - a smooth three-beat gaitlope - a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
gait - a horse's manner of moving
Verb1.lope - run easily
run - move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"

lope
verb stride, spring, bound, gallop, canter, lollop He was loping across the sand towards me.
Translations
lope [ləʊp] VI to lope alongandar a grandes zancadas, correr dando grandes zancadas
to lope offalejarse con paso largo

lope [ˈləʊp] vicourir à grandes foulées souples

lope
viin großen Sätzen springen; (hare)hoppeln; he loped along beside herer lief mit großen Schritten neben ihr her; to lope offdavonspringen

lope [ləʊp] vi to lope along/offprocedere/partire a grandi balzi

lope
v lope [ləup]
to run with long steps. lang hale يَجْري بِخُطُواتٍ واسِعَه бягам с големи скокове běžet dlouhými skoky galoppere springen τρέχω με ανοιχτό διασκελισμό andar/correr con paso largo lippama شلنگ انداختن loikkia avancer en bondissant לִדהוֹר लम्बे-लम्बे डग भरना trčati dugim koracima, grabiti üget lari fara á stökki, hlaupa léttilega (muoversi a lunghi passi) 大またで走る 뛰면서 가다 liuoksėti lēkšot; aulekšot berlari dengan langkah panjang met lange stappen lopen lange ut, løpe med lange skritt biec susami correr a îna­inta în salturi бежать вприпрыжку bežať dlhými skokmi teči z dolgimi koraki grabiti dugim koracima springa med långa kliv วิ่งก้าวยาว ๆ uzun adımlarla koşmak 大步慢跑 бігти вистрибом قلانچیں بھرنا nhảy cẫng lên


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After some time of this the wolf started off at an easy lope in a manner that plainly showed he was going somewhere.
"I say then," continued Sancho, "that in a village of Estremadura there was a goat-shepherd -that is to say, one who tended goats- which shepherd or goatherd, as my story goes, was called Lope Ruiz, and this Lope Ruiz was in love with a shepherdess called Torralva, which shepherdess called Torralva was the daughter of a rich grazier, and this rich grazier-"
I read these and I read several comedies of Lope de Vega, and numbers of archaic dramas in Moratin's history, and I really got a fairish perspective of the Spanish drama, which has now almost wholly faded from my mind.
 
 
 
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