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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
Verb
[loping, loped]
to move or run with a long easy stride
Noun
a long steady gait or stride [Old Norse hlaupa to leap]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lopelope - a slow pace of running
trot, jog
locomotion, travel - self-propelled movement
dogtrot - a steady trot like that of a dog
2.lopelope - a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
canter
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
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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.
The Call of the Wild by London, Jack View in context
"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-"
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
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