1. cope - Noun
2. cope - Verb
3. Cope - Proper noun
A covering for the head.
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.
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.
An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.
The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.
To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.
To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).
To exchange or barter.
To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
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.
To bargain for; to buy.
To make return for; to requite; to repay.
To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones. Stephen King
I look at an ant and see myself: a native South African, endowed with a strength much greater than my size, so I might cope with the weight of racism that crushes my spirit. Miriam Makeba
All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible. George Santayana
Hercules himself could not cope with two assailants. Latin Proverb
He is unable to cope with the situation any longer. Hungarian Proverb
The wind fells the oak, but cannot cope with the reed. Hungarian Proverb