cop·ing

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• cop|ing — «KOH pihng», noun. the top layer of a brick or stone wall. It is usually built with a slope to shed water. ╂[< cop(e)2 + ing1] …   Useful english dictionary

• cop — apros·cop·i·nous; at·ter·cop; bom·ba·cop·sis; cer·cop·i·dae; cne·mi·do·cop·tes; con·i·cop·o·ly; cop; cop·i·er; cop·lin; cop·pa; cop·per·as; cop·per·head·ism; cop·per·ish; cop·per·ize; cop·pery; cop·ping; cop·ri·nus; cop·ro·culture; cop·ro·dae·al; …   English syllables

• ing — aborn·ing; aw·ing; bear·ing; be·ing; bell·ing; berth·ing; bind·ing; boul·der·ing; brok·ing; brown·ing; cheese·par·ing; cleans·ing; clos·ing; con·cern·ing; con·sid·er·ing; cop·ing; cov·er·ing; crack·ing; crown·ing; duck·ing; dur·ing; en·dur·ing;… …   English syllables

• cop|y|ing ink — «KOP ee ihng», an ink suitable for making originals from which copies are to be made in a copying press …   Useful english dictionary

• cop|y|writ|ing — «KOP ee RY tihng», noun. the work of a copywriter: »Brower rose through the copywriting end of the ad business [and] is still a phrasemaker at heart (Time) …   Useful english dictionary

• cop|pice — «KOP ihs», noun, verb, piced, pic|ing. Especially British. copse. ╂[Middle English copys < Old French coupeïz cut over forest < couper to cut] …   Useful english dictionary

• cop|u|late — «KOP yuh layt», intransitive verb, lat|ed, lat|ing. to engage in sexual intercourse. ╂[< Latin cōpulāre join, unite (with English ate1) < cōpula; see etym. under copula (Cf. ↑copula)] …   Useful english dictionary

• cop|y|read — «KOP ee REED», transitive verb, read « REHD», read|ing. to read and edit (manuscript copy), especially for typesetting and printing: »She worked night after night addressing campaign literature and copyreading speeches (Time) …   Useful english dictionary

• mi|cro|cop|y — «MY kruh KOP ee», noun, plural cop|ies, verb, cop|ied, cop|y|ing. –n. a copy of a book or other printed work made on microfilm. –v.t. to make a copy of on microfilm …   Useful english dictionary

• mis|cop|y — «mihs KOP ee», verb, cop|ied, cop|y|ing, noun, plural cop|ies. –v.t. to copy incorrectly. –n. 1. an incorrect copy. 2. an error in copying …   Useful english dictionary