Gallop vs False - What's the difference?
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The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
(Intransitive. Of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop.
To ride at a galloping pace.
* John Donne
To cause to gallop.
To make electrical or other utility lines sway and/or move up and down violently, usually due to a combination of high winds and ice accrual on the lines.
To run very fast.
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(figurative) To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
* John Locke
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun gallop
is the fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.As a verb gallop
is (intransitive of a horse, etc) to run at a gallop.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.gallop
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- The horse galloped past the finishing line.
- Gallop lively down the western hill.
- to gallop a horse
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- Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.
false
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Adjective
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