Past tense of lope
regular verb
The past tense of lope is loped. The past participle is also loped.
Forms of lope
| Base form (V1) | lope /ləʊp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | loped |
| Past participle (V3) | loped |
| Present participle | loping |
| Third person singular | lopes /loʊps/ |
Loped in a sentence
- He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground.
- Scott hurried down the dark path, lifted the canoe from the muddy rock to the moss, took out the packs, and loped back. toward the cabin.1927, William Byron Mowery, Pirates Of The Muskeg
- The racecar's cammed out engine raspily loped and sputtered as it waited for the green light.From the entry cammed out
Meaning of lope
- verb To travel an easy pace with long strides.
- verb To jump, leap.
- noun An easy pace with long strides.
Questions about the past tense of lope
- What is the past tense of lope?
- The past tense of lope is loped.
- What is the past participle of lope?
- The past participle of lope is loped.
- Is lope a regular or irregular verb?
- Lope is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lope (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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