Word Meaning

copes definition and meaning

n. A covering for the head.
n. 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.
n. 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.
n. An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.
n. The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.
v. i. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.
v. t. To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).
v. i. To exchange or barter.
v. i. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
v. i. 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.
v. t. To bargain for; to buy.
v. t. To make return for; to requite; to repay.
v. t. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.

Crossword clues for copes

- Deal with bishop’s wear
- deal with difficulty
- Deal with successfully
- Loose garment
- Make do
- Manage
- Manage to get policeman to go east
- Struggle through
- Survive
- Company quietly takes directions for deals
- Deals with successfully
- Gets by
- Manages
- Manages to get Persian fairies to abandon their periscopes
- Manages to vary scope
- Survives