coping
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coping
Where it comes from
From cope + -ing. The sense referring to a brick wall is cope (sense 2), used in the sense "dress in a cope," "to cover."
noun copings
- The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water. Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local color) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust […]
- The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
- The process of clipping the beak or talons of a bird.
verb
- present participle and gerund of cope
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: header, accommodation, tailoring, dial, grappling, facing, call, transition, handling, customization, retrofit, deal, adjustment, address, adjusting, wrestling
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noun The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water
| Español | albardilla, albardón |
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| Italiano | capezzata, cimasa, copertina |
noun the process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate
| Español | afrontamiento |
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Talk about this word "coping." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coping. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. coping. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/coping "coping." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/coping.Cite this
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