lope

1. 1.

   run easily

   Broaderrun

Other forms of lope

plural

lopes·

past tense

loped·

present participle

loping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lope

What does lope mean?

lope means "a slow pace of running". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lope?

lope has 1 syllable: lope. In IPA it is /ˈloʊp/.

What is another word for lope?

Close synonyms include jog, trot, canter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lope a common word?

lope is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lope?

4 words rhyme with lope. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.