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- [lohp]
- /loʊp/
- /ləʊp/
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- [lohp]
- /loʊp/
Definitions of loped word
- verb without object loped to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person. 1
- verb without object loped to canter leisurely with a rather long, easy stride, as a horse. 1
- verb with object loped to cause to lope, as a horse. 1
- noun loped the act or the gait of loping. 1
- noun loped a long, easy stride. 1
- noun loped Simple past tense and past participle of lope. 1
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Origin of loped
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English < Dutch lopen to run, cognate with Old English hlēapan to leap
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Parts of speech for Loped
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loped popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
loped usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for loped
verb loped
- strode — simple past tense of stride.
- galloped — Simple past tense and past participle of gallop.
- trotted — (of a horse) to go at a gait between a walk and a run, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs, but not quite simultaneously, so that when the movement is slow one foot at least is always on the ground, and when fast all four feet are momentarily off the ground at once.
- bounded — (of a set) having a bound, esp where a measure is defined in terms of which all the elements of the set, or the differences between all pairs of members, are less than some value, or else all its members lie within some other well-defined set
- cantered — an easy gallop.
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