Lope : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lope	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Lope
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lope n a slow pace of running Synonym(s): jog, trot, lope a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop Synonym(s): canter, lope v run easily
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lope \Lope\, n. 1. A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.] 2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. [U.S.] The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a crade. --T. B. Thorpe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lope \Lope\, imp. of {Leap}. [Obs.] And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lope \Lope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Loping}.] [See {Leap}.] 1. To leap; to dance. [Prov. Eng.] [bd]He that lopes on the ropes.[b8] --Middleton. 2. To move with a lope, as a horse. [U.S.]