Definitions for copes

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copes cope

Spelling: [kohp]

IPA: /koʊp/

Copes is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in copes (ceops).

Definitions for copes

noun

1. a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
2. any cloaklike or canopylike covering.
3. the sky.
4. a coping.
5. Metallurgy. the upper half of a flask. Compare drag (def 32).

verb (used with object)

1. British Informal. to cope with.
2. Obsolete. to come into contact with; encounter.
3. to furnish with or as if with a cope or coping.
4. Building Trades. to join (two molded wooden members) by undercutting the end of one of them to the profile of the other so that the joint produced resembles a miter joint (usually followed by in or together). to form (a joint between such members) in this way. to undercut the end of (a molded wooden member) in order to form a coped joint. to cut away (a flange of a metal member) so that it may be joined to another member at an angle.
5. Falconry. to clip or dull (the beak or talons of a hawk).
6. to barter; trade; exchange.

verb (used without object)

1. to struggle or deal, especially on fairly even terms or with some degree of success (usually followed by with):
2. to face and deal with responsibilities, problems, or difficulties, especially successfully or in a calm or adequate manner:
3. Archaic. to come into contact; meet (usually followed by with).

Origin of copes

1300-50; Middle English coupen Anglo-French, Old French couper to strike, derivative of coup coup¹

Examples for copes

I must be active in order to cope with the enemy's own scouts and spies.

It seemed as if we were now ready to cope with rebellion in all its extent and strength.

Eric told me about a case with which a fellow lobbyist had to cope.

He is too shy to cope with such a man as you, but does his duty well.

The material can cope with the eternal only in virtue of everlasting evanescence.

Child workers, even when they are brought back into the classroom, are unable to cope without proper bridge courses.

Fulkerson, the founder of the magazine who has hired March, is someone he can cope with.

I fancy that is just the one thing the human faculty is least able to cope with.

Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.

In an effort to cope with the implications of this question, Americans have subtly but sweepingly shifted their ideals.