lope
To run with long, easy strides.
lope in a sentence
- The wolf loped across the snowy plain, covering miles without tiring.
- The farm dog would lope beside the tractor with long, easy, unhurried strides.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to lope?
- Ashuffle
- Brun
- Cplod
- Dcrawl
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B: run. The other three mean the opposite of lope.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to lope?
- Arun
- Btrot
- Ccrawl
- Djog
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C: crawl. The other three mean nearly the same as lope.
Words that mean something similar
run, jog, trot
Words that mean the opposite
crawl, plod, shuffle
More words about movement & action
- lumber: To move in a slow, heavy and clumsy way.
- lunge: To make a sudden powerful movement towards something.
- lurch: To move suddenly with an unsteady jerk.
- lurk: To wait quietly out of sight, often to do something bad.
- meander: To wander slowly along a winding path.
- merge: To join together and become one.
- muster: To gather people together, or to summon up courage or strength.
- navigate: To find your way from one place to another.
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