lope

noun

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\ ˈlōp

Definition of lope

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

verb

loped; loping

Definition of lope (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

: to move or ride at a lope

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Examples of lope in a Sentence

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 The bear passed before him at a lope, 50 yards away. — National Geographic, 19 May 2017 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb 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 Bassist Benny Trokan underlines the tunefulness with nimble lines that lope and chug, girding every song with a snappy precision and providing ballast for the strings that gild some of the tracks. — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 29 June 2018 Each winter, camels lope around the moon-like desert landscape of the lowest place on Earth under the watchful eyes of their Bedouin Arab herders, in an ancient tradition passed from father to son over the generations. — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2018 See More

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