cope
cope is a 4-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A covering for the head. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A covering for the head.
- noun. Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door.
- noun. An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions.
- noun. An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.
- noun. The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.
- intransitive verb. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.
- transitive verb. To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).
- intransitive verb. To exchange or barter.
- intransitive verb. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
- intransitive verb. To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with.
- transitive verb. To bargain for; to buy.
- transitive verb. To make return for; to requite; to repay.
- transitive verb. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.
- noun. a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions
- noun. brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
- verb. come to terms with
"We got by on just a gallon of gas"
"They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
Synonyms
coping, header, contend, deal, grapple, manage
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