lope

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /loʊp/ UK /ləʊp/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like lop /ɑ/ vs /oʊ/

Freq #31245

Meanings

1

verb
To travel an easy pace with long strides.

He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground.
2

verb
To jump, leap.

And as he cam by a ryver, in hys woodnes he wolde have made hys horse to have lopyn over the watir; and the horse fayled footyng and felle in the ryver.
3

noun
An easy pace with long strides.

Hares have larger, leaner bodies, longer legs, and longer ears than the true rabbit. They also run with a lope instead of a hop. It is thought that they developed this more stream-lined body and swifter gait from running on the plains […].
4

noun
a smooth three-beat gait

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Synonyms

4 noun · a smooth three-beat gait canter

Word family

Derived forms loperlopingly

Related forms elopeinterlope

Etymology

From Middle English lopen, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”). See leap. Cognate with German laufen (“walk, run”), Danish løbe (“run”), Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), Norwegian løpe (“run”). Doublet of leap.

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# lope

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /loʊp/
**IPA (UK):** /ləʊp/
**Frequency rank:** 31245

## Meanings
1. To travel an easy pace with long strides.
2. To jump, leap.
3. An easy pace with long strides.
4. a smooth three-beat gait

## Examples
- He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground.
- And as he cam by a ryver, in hys woodnes he wolde have made hys horse to have lopyn over the watir; and the horse fayled footyng and felle in the ryver.
- Hares have larger, leaner bodies, longer legs, and longer ears than the true rabbit. They also run with a lope instead of a hop. It is thought that they developed this more stream-lined body and swifter gait from running on the plains […].

## Derived Forms
- loper
- lopingly

## Related Forms
- elope
- interlope

## Etymology
From Middle English lopen, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”). See leap. Cognate with German laufen (“walk, run”), Danish løbe (“run”), Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), Norwegian løpe (“run”). Doublet of leap.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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