"copse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɒps/ Forms: copses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒps Etymology: 1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”. Etymology templates: {{m|en|coppice}} coppice Head templates: {{en-noun}} copse (plural copses)
  1. A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level). Synonyms: mott
    Sense id: en-copse-en-noun-Qu05my9B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 23 25 19 16
  2. Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not. Synonyms: thicket, bush, orchard Translations (thicket of small trees or shrubs): δρίος (dríos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), λόχμη (lókhmē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), remízek (Czech), bosschage [feminine] (Dutch), bosko (Esperanto), võsa (Estonian), vesakko (Finnish), fourré [masculine] (French), Busch (German), Gebüsch (German), Dickicht (German), סבך [masculine] (Hebrew), csalit (Hungarian), csalitos (Hungarian), sarjerdő (Hungarian), bozót (Hungarian), cserjés (Hungarian), rosán [masculine] (Irish), bosco ceduo [masculine] (Italian), macchia [feminine] (Italian), fratta [feminine] (Italian), boschetto [masculine] (Italian), ко́парок (kóparok) [masculine] (Macedonian), шу́мјак (šúmjak) [masculine] (Macedonian), oro (Maori), bouais'sie [feminine] (Norman), skogholt [neuter] (Norwegian), sceaga (Old English), بوك (bük) (Ottoman Turkish), zagajnik [masculine] (Polish), souto [masculine] (Portuguese), capão [masculine] (Portuguese), crâng [neuter] (Romanian), dumbravă [feminine] (Romanian), pădure măruntă [feminine] (Romanian), subarboret [neuter] (Romanian), tufiș de arbuști (Romanian), за́росли (zárosli) [feminine, plural] (Russian), подле́сок (podlésok) [masculine] (Russian), गुल्म (gulma) [masculine] (Sanskrit), preasarlach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), frith-choille [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), bosquecillo [masculine] (Spanish), soto [masculine] (Spanish), matorral [masculine] (Spanish), rasse [feminine] (Walloon), taeye [feminine] (Walloon), hé [feminine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-copse-en-noun-CMFCapuY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 23 25 19 16 Disambiguation of 'thicket of small trees or shrubs': 7 85 8
  3. Any woodland or woodlot. Categories (place): Forests Synonyms: stand, wood, woods
    Sense id: en-copse-en-noun-esQbvpJ3 Disambiguation of Forests: 19 18 25 19 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 23 25 19 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: coppice

Verb

IPA: /kɒps/ Forms: copses [present, singular, third-person], copsing [participle, present], copsed [participle, past], copsed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒps Etymology: 1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”. Etymology templates: {{m|en|coppice}} coppice Head templates: {{en-verb}} copse (third-person singular simple present copses, present participle copsing, simple past and past participle copsed)
  1. (transitive, horticulture) To trim or cut. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Horticulture
    Sense id: en-copse-en-verb-A-SecvDO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 23 25 19 16 Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
  2. (transitive, horticulture) To plant and preserve. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Horticulture
    Sense id: en-copse-en-verb-8hIViRly Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 23 25 19 16 Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.",
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      "form": "copses",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level)."
      ],
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          "coppice",
          "coppice#Noun"
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          "woodland"
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        {
          "word": "mott"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "1578, Henry Lyte, transl., A niewe Herball or Historie of Plantes, translation of Cruydeboeck by Rembert Dodoens, page 57",
          "text": "Agrimonie groweth in places not tylled, in rough stone mountaynes, in hedges and Copses, and by waysides.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth (hardback edition), p19",
          "text": "Striking the highway beyond the little copse she skirted the dark iron palings enclosing Hare."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not."
      ],
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        [
          "thicket",
          "thicket"
        ],
        [
          "coppiced",
          "coppiced"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "thicket"
        },
        {
          "word": "bush"
        },
        {
          "word": "orchard"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any woodland or woodlot."
      ],
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        [
          "woodland",
          "woodland"
        ],
        [
          "woodlot",
          "woodlot"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stand"
        },
        {
          "word": "wood"
        },
        {
          "word": "woods"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɒps/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cops"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒps"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "coppice"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "remízek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bosschage"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "bosko"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "võsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "vesakko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fourré"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "Busch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "Gebüsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "Dickicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "dríos",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δρίος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "lókhmē",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λόχμη"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סבך"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "csalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "csalitos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "sarjerdő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "bozót"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "cserjés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rosán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bosco ceduo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fratta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boschetto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kóparok",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́парок"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šúmjak",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шу́мјак"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "oro"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bouais'sie"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skogholt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "sceaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bük",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "بوك"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zagajnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "souto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "crâng"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dumbravă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pădure măruntă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "subarboret"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "word": "tufiș de arbuști"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zárosli",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "за́росли"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podlésok",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подле́сок"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "gulma",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गुल्म"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "preasarlach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frith-choille"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bosquecillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matorral"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "taeye"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "thicket of small trees or shrubs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hé"
    }
  ],
  "word": "copse"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with homophones",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɒps",
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  "etymology_text": "1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "copses",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "copsing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "copsed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Horticulture"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To trim or cut."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horticulture",
          "horticulture"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, horticulture) To trim or cut."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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      "topics": [
        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "horticulture",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Horticulture"
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      "glosses": [
        "To plant and preserve."
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        [
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          "horticulture"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, horticulture) To plant and preserve."
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        "transitive"
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      "topics": [
        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "horticulture",
        "lifestyle"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɒps/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cops"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒps"
    }
  ],
  "word": "copse"
}

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