- to struggle or deal, especially on fairly even terms or with some degree of success (usually followed by with): The new heating and cooling system can cope with extremes of temperature much better than the old one.
- to face and deal with responsibilities, problems, or difficulties, especially successfully or in a calm or adequate manner: After his breakdown he couldn't cope any longer.
- to come into contact; meet (usually followed by with).
- to cope with.
- to come into contact with; encounter.
- a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- any cloaklike or canopylike covering.
- the sky.
- a coping on a wall.
- the upper half of a flask.
- to furnish with or as if with a cope or coping.
- 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.
- to clip or dull (the beak or talons of a hawk).
- to contend (against)
- to deal successfully with or handle a situation; manage
- (tr) archaic
- to deal with
- to meet in battle
- a large ceremonial cloak worn at solemn liturgical functions by priests of certain Christian sects
- any covering shaped like a cope
- to dress (someone) in a cope
- to provide (a wall) with a coping
- to join (two moulded timber members)
- another name for coping
- Congress of the People: a political party founded in 2008 by dissident members of the ANC
