lope
An easy pace with long stridesAn easy pace with long strides.
» Lopes worries about his mother, who lives in Boston and lacks health insurance.
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1 sensesAn easy pace with long strides.
Kanter, leichter Galopp
a slow pace of running
Examples
2 sentencesLopes worries about his mother, who lives in Boston and lacks health insurance.
Fernão Lopes was a Portuguese historian.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English lopen, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”). See leap. Cognate withFrom Middle English lopen, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”). See leap. Cognate with German laufen (“walk, run”), Danish løbe (“run”), Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), Norwegian løpe (“run”). Doublet of leap.
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