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Coping

To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.

📖 Definitions of "Coping"

verb
  1. 1

    To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.

    "I thought I would never be able to cope with life after the amputation, but I have learned how to be happy again."

  2. 2

    To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal.

  3. 3

    To clip the beak or talons of a bird.

verb
  1. 1

    To cover (a joint or structure) with coping.

  2. 2

    To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.

verb
  1. 1

    To bargain for; to buy.

  2. 2

    To exchange or barter.

  3. 3

    To make return for; to requite; to repay.

  4. 4

    To match oneself against; to meet; to encounter.

noun
  1. 1

    The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    Clipping the beak or talons of a bird.

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