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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
lope
    n 1: a slow pace of running [syn: jog, trot, lope]
    2: a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop [syn:
       canter, lope]
    v 1: run easily

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lope \Lope\, imp.
   of Leap. [Obs.]
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         And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lope \Lope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loped; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Loping.] [See Leap.]
   1. To leap; to dance. [Prov. Eng.] "He that lopes on the
      ropes." --Middleton.
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   2. To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse.
      [U.S.]
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   3. To run with an easy, bounding stride; -- of people.
      [PJC]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lope \Lope\, n.
   1. A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.]
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   2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.
      [U.S.]
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            The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal
            lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy
            as the motions of a cradle.           --T. B.
                                                  Thorpe.
      [1913 Webster] Lopeared

Thesaurus Results for Lope:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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