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Definition of lope in English: lopeverb ləʊploʊp no object, with adverbial of direction Walk or run with a long bounding stride. the dog was loping along by his side Example sentencesExamples - The woman unleashes her dog which, to her relief, lopes off in the opposite direction from the stick-wielding man.
- He located the fox's spoor and loped along in pursuit.
- The man in the doorway stirs and the dog lopes off down an alley.
- The nursery teacher is still trying to come to terms with having a big, dark coloured cat loping along the side of her car.
- A long-limbed young man lopes past me, wearing sunglasses and carrying an umbrella for shade.
- The wolf is loping across the plateau, head down, moving quickly.
- But she looked very much a confident athlete on Saturday as she loped along comfortably on the lead.
- There's nothing in the world like loping along on the back of a horse.
- As recently as the 1940s, cheetahs were seen loping through the hills behind Jerusalem.
- She loped across the stage in strides unnaturally long.
- There was a sudden rustling in the trees and a dog, tall and rangy and beautiful, loped out.
- We rode like sweaty hounds, loping along the trail and waving our happy grins into the evening sun.
- As I was driving to work this morning, I passed a very large black dog loping along the pavement.
- Once inside, we become, however briefly, part of the wild - lithe, lighthearted and free, loping across the landscape.
- He loped along like a crazy tiger and I think we all understood that that was how he was going to go out - at full stride in a sudden spasm of violence.
- It was a big shaggy thing loping along the side of the road.
- Aden, her family's mangy old dog, loped into the room and scampered around her feet.
noun ləʊploʊp A long bounding stride. they set off at a fast lope Example sentencesExamples - He gestured to his friend to hurry over, and Hank broke into a lope.
- They went at a lope, the sound of the rebels swelling and receding as they wound this way and that, sometimes Sara showing them hidden passages.
- He was grinning as he set off at a lope for home, already framing his reply in his mind.
- She swung up into the saddle, and nudged the chestnut into a fast lope.
- He grinned and broke into a lope, still silent as owls' wings.
- Conner broke into a lope and the others followed suit.
- After a while her posture lent itself a graceful, long-legged lope when she ran, or a silent stride when she was walking.
- She watched as Michael gently tugged on Starlight's reins and rode away at a steady lope…
- He warned her, before he went from standing still to a fast lope.
- When we reached the end of the cobblestone paved streets we pushed the horses into an easy lope.
- Less than half an hour later, they were off, moving at a four-legged lope southeastward.
- With a last look at the towering column of black smoke, he followed Jordan, running at a steady lope through the woods.
- At the same time, the aircraft developed a jerking lope.
- This time the bear took off at a lope, crashed through the trees and disappeared from sight.
- He mounted the pack horse and followed at a ground-eating lope.
- The next step is the lope, the trainer just adds a little tuck and roll (away from the horse's feet for obvious reasons) after he slides out of the saddle.
- She moved at a full run or lope, and lay down a lot in between.
- I broke into a lope, strides consuming the gap between us.
- They entered the grand many-tiered hall in a lope.
- He sets off at a measured lope, headed toward the Great Divide, headed east.
Synonyms run, jogtrot, dogtrot, trot, lope
Origin Middle English: variant of Scots loup, from Old Norse hlaupa 'leap'. Rhymes aslope, cope, dope, elope, grope, hope, interlope, mope, nope, ope, pope, rope, scope, soap, taupe, tope, trope Definition of lope in US English: lopeverblōploʊp no object, with adverbial of direction Run or move with a long bounding stride. the dog was loping along by his side Example sentencesExamples - As I was driving to work this morning, I passed a very large black dog loping along the pavement.
- He located the fox's spoor and loped along in pursuit.
- He loped along like a crazy tiger and I think we all understood that that was how he was going to go out - at full stride in a sudden spasm of violence.
- Aden, her family's mangy old dog, loped into the room and scampered around her feet.
- The woman unleashes her dog which, to her relief, lopes off in the opposite direction from the stick-wielding man.
- But she looked very much a confident athlete on Saturday as she loped along comfortably on the lead.
- The nursery teacher is still trying to come to terms with having a big, dark coloured cat loping along the side of her car.
- Once inside, we become, however briefly, part of the wild - lithe, lighthearted and free, loping across the landscape.
- There's nothing in the world like loping along on the back of a horse.
- A long-limbed young man lopes past me, wearing sunglasses and carrying an umbrella for shade.
- As recently as the 1940s, cheetahs were seen loping through the hills behind Jerusalem.
- There was a sudden rustling in the trees and a dog, tall and rangy and beautiful, loped out.
- The wolf is loping across the plateau, head down, moving quickly.
- She loped across the stage in strides unnaturally long.
- It was a big shaggy thing loping along the side of the road.
- We rode like sweaty hounds, loping along the trail and waving our happy grins into the evening sun.
- The man in the doorway stirs and the dog lopes off down an alley.
nounlōploʊp A long bounding stride. they set off at a fast lope Example sentencesExamples - She moved at a full run or lope, and lay down a lot in between.
- They went at a lope, the sound of the rebels swelling and receding as they wound this way and that, sometimes Sara showing them hidden passages.
- He mounted the pack horse and followed at a ground-eating lope.
- The next step is the lope, the trainer just adds a little tuck and roll (away from the horse's feet for obvious reasons) after he slides out of the saddle.
- I broke into a lope, strides consuming the gap between us.
- He sets off at a measured lope, headed toward the Great Divide, headed east.
- At the same time, the aircraft developed a jerking lope.
- He grinned and broke into a lope, still silent as owls' wings.
- With a last look at the towering column of black smoke, he followed Jordan, running at a steady lope through the woods.
- Conner broke into a lope and the others followed suit.
- This time the bear took off at a lope, crashed through the trees and disappeared from sight.
- He gestured to his friend to hurry over, and Hank broke into a lope.
- Less than half an hour later, they were off, moving at a four-legged lope southeastward.
- He warned her, before he went from standing still to a fast lope.
- She swung up into the saddle, and nudged the chestnut into a fast lope.
- He was grinning as he set off at a lope for home, already framing his reply in his mind.
- After a while her posture lent itself a graceful, long-legged lope when she ran, or a silent stride when she was walking.
- They entered the grand many-tiered hall in a lope.
- She watched as Michael gently tugged on Starlight's reins and rode away at a steady lope…
- When we reached the end of the cobblestone paved streets we pushed the horses into an easy lope.
Synonyms run, jogtrot, dogtrot, trot, lope
Origin Middle English: variant of Scots loup, from Old Norse hlaupa ‘leap’. |