Cope vs. Drag

Copeverb

(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.

Copeverb

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

Copeverb

(falconry) To clip the beak or talons of a bird.

Copeverb

(transitive) To cover (a joint or structure) with coping.

Copeverb

(intransitive) To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.

Copeverb

(obsolete) To bargain for; to buy.

Copeverb

(obsolete) To exchange or barter.

Copeverb

(obsolete) To make return for; to requite; to repay.

Copeverb

(obsolete) To match oneself against; to meet; to encounter.

Copeverb

(obsolete) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

Copenoun

A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.

Copenoun

Any covering such as a canopy or a mantle.

Copenoun

(literary) The vault or canopy of the skies, heavens etc.

Copenoun

(construction) A covering piece on top of a wall exposed to the weather, usually made of metal, masonry, or stone, and sloped to carry off water.

Copenoun

(foundry) The top part of a sand casting mold.

Copenoun

An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.

Copenoun

A covering for the head.

Copenoun

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.

Copenoun

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.

Copenoun

An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.

Copenoun

The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.

Copeverb

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

Copeverb

To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).

Copeverb

To exchange or barter.

Copeverb

To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

Copeverb

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.

Copeverb

To bargain for; to buy.

Copeverb

To make return for; to requite; to repay.

Copeverb

To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.

Copenoun

brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

Copeverb

come to terms or deal successfully with;

Cope

The cope (known in Latin as pluviale 'rain coat' or cappa 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour.

Dragnoun

(uncountable) Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.

Dragnoun

The bottom part of a sand casting mold.

Dragnoun

(countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.

Dragnoun

A puff on a cigarette or joint.

Dragnoun

Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.

Dragnoun

A type of horse-drawn carriage.

Dragnoun

Street, as in 'main drag'.

Dragnoun

(countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, for training hounds to follow scents.

Dragnoun

A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.

Dragnoun

A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.

Dragnoun

A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.

Dragnoun

(metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.

Dragnoun

(masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.

Dragnoun

(nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.

Dragnoun

Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.

Dragnoun

A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.

Dragnoun

Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.

Dragnoun

witch house music

Dragnoun

The last position in a line of hikers.

Dragnoun

The act of suppressing wind flow to slow an aircraft in flight, as by use of flaps when landing.

Dragnoun

Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.

Dragnoun

Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.

Dragverb

(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

Dragverb

(intransitive) To move slowly.

Dragverb

To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.

Dragverb

To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

Dragverb

To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

Dragverb

To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

Dragverb

(computing) To move (an item) on the computer display by means of a mouse or other input device.

Dragverb

(chiefly of a vehicle) To inadvertently rub or scrape on a surface.

Dragverb

(soccer) To hit or kick off target.

Dragverb

To fish with a dragnet.

Dragverb

To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.

Dragverb

To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.

Dragverb

(figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.

Dragverb

(slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).

Dragverb

To perform as a drag queen or drag king.

Dragnoun

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

Dragnoun

The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.

Dragnoun

A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.

Dragnoun

A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.

Dragnoun

A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.

Dragnoun

A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.

Dragnoun

Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below).

Dragnoun

Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.

Dragnoun

The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope.

Dragnoun

A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.

Dragnoun

The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3.

Dragverb

To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; - applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.

Dragverb

To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.

Dragverb

To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

Dragverb

To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.

Dragverb

To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

Dragverb

To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

Dragverb

To fish with a dragnet.

Dragnoun

the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

Dragnoun

something that slows or delays progress;

Dragnoun

something tedious and boring;

Dragnoun

clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man);

Dragnoun

a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);

Dragnoun

the act of dragging (pulling with force);

Dragverb

pull, as against a resistance;

Dragverb

draw slowly or heavily;

Dragverb

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;

Dragverb

move slowly and as if with great effort

Dragverb

to lag or linger behind;

Dragverb

suck in or take (air);

Dragverb

use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu;

Dragverb

walk without lifting the feet

Dragverb

search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

Dragverb

persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting;

Dragverb

proceed for an extended period of time;

Dragverb

pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty

Dragverb

take (someone) to or from a place or event, despite their reluctance

Dragverb

go somewhere wearily, reluctantly, or with difficulty

Dragverb

move (an image or highlighted text) across a computer screen using a tool such as a mouse

Dragverb

(of a person's clothes or an animal's tail) trail along the ground

Dragverb

catch hold of and pull (something)

Dragverb

(of a ship) trail (an anchor) along the seabed, drifting in the process

Dragverb

(of an anchor) fail to hold, causing a ship or boat to drift

Dragverb

search the bottom of (a river, lake, or the sea) with grapnels or nets

Dragverb

(of time) pass slowly and tediously

Dragverb

(of a process or situation) continue at tedious and unnecessary length

Dragverb

protract something unnecessarily

Dragnoun

the action of pulling something forcefully or with difficulty

Dragnoun

the longitudinal retarding force exerted by air or other fluid surrounding a moving object

Dragnoun

a person or thing that impedes progress or development

Dragnoun

unnatural motion of a fishing fly caused by the pull of the line.

Dragnoun

an iron shoe that can be applied as a brake to the wheel of a cart or wagon.

Dragnoun

a boring or tiresome person or thing

Dragnoun

an act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette

Dragnoun

clothing more conventionally worn by the opposite sex, especially women's clothes worn by a man

Dragnoun

a street or road

Dragnoun

a thing that is pulled along the ground or through water.

Dragnoun

a harrow used for breaking up the surface of land.

Dragnoun

an apparatus for dredging or for recovering objects from the bottom of a river or lake.

Dragnoun

another term for dragnet

Dragnoun

a strong-smelling lure drawn before hounds as a substitute for a fox.

Dragnoun

a hunt using a drag lure.

Dragnoun

influence over other people

Dragnoun

one of the basic patterns (rudiments) of drumming, consisting of a stroke preceded by two grace notes usually played with the other stick.

Dragnoun

short for drag race

Dragnoun

a private vehicle like a stagecoach, drawn by four horses.

Dragnoun

a car