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# lope

verb (lopes, loped, loping)

«lope» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To lope is to run with long, easy, springing steps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lope/#m1)
2. (in tales, dialect) To lope off means to go away at an easy, quick pace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lope/#m2)

### In the lessons

in animal tales, a creature lopes off after food and comes back quickly

### Examples

- The wolf loped across the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lope/#x1)
- The fox loped off into the woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lope/#x2)
- The dog loped home after the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lope/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lope» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lope/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lope» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lope.html) on Mova free.