Copper

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.

   “Men talke much […] of the Philoſophers ſtone, that it turneth copper into gold; […]”

2. isim The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1).

   “Near-synonyms: chestnut, russet”

3. isim In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
4. isim Any of various specialized items made of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1), where the use of the metal is either necessary or traditional to the function of the item.

   “Coppers are generally good for a year, if the battery is carefully attended; they should, however, be removed before they have increased to such a size that their removal might cause the destruction of the glass jars.”

5. isim A copper mug used for drinking alcoholic beverages.

   “[H]e slid down from his seat, and darted into the public house, reappearing in a few moments with a copper of ale and a horn in his hand: he and another man held open the horses' mouths, and poured the ale through the horn down their throats.”

6. isim A copper sheet on which an image or writing is engraved.

   “[H]e went to sleep, taking first out of his pocket a book,[…]. It proved to be my old favorite author, [John] Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, in Dutch, finely printed on good paper, with copper cuts, a dress better than I had ever seen it wear in its own language.”

7. isim A coin, typically of a small denomination, originally made of copper and now chiefly of other metals such as bronze; specifically, an English or British penny or halfpenny; also, a United States cent; (uncountable) coins made of copper collectively.

   “Light VVenches may proue plagues to men forſ[w]orne, / If ſo our Copper byes no better treaſure.”

8. isim In the game of faro: originally a copper coin, now usually a small disc or token, placed on a playing card to indicate that a player bets against that card.
9. isim A large pot, originally made of copper but later often of iron, filled with water and heated over a fire for cooking, washing clothes, etc.

   “Mum would heat the water in a copper in the kitchen and transfer it to the tin bath.”

10. sıfat Made of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1).

    “Contrasting vividly with this ruin was the neat dresser, stained in the fashion, pale green, and with a number of copper and tin vessels below it, the wall-paper imitating blue and white tiles, and a couple of coolured supplements fluttering from the walls above the kitchen range.”

11. sıfat Having the reddish-brown colour of copper.

    “All in a hot and copper sky, / The bloody Sun, at noon, / Right up above the mast did stand, / No bigger than the Moon.”

12. fiil To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
13. fiil To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
14. fiil To give copper coins to (someone); to pay.
15. fiil In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
16. fiil To bet against (something).

    “The dive is off. Better copper your bets while there's time.”

17. isim A police officer, especially one in uniform.

    “If you're caught by a copper, it's his job to pinch you, isn't it? You can hold him up with a gun, but he's got to come on, even if he gets killed. […] It's not fair on the coppers either; they've got their duty to do, and it's dirty to kill a man for doing his job.”

18. isim Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a private detective or a security guard.

    “I went to the phone and asked the girl to send the house copper [of the hotel] up.”

19. isim A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
20. isim A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
21. fiil To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
22. fiil To arrest (someone).
23. fiil To inform on someone to the police.

    “"It's no use your staying here, because I'm not going to copper anybody," said the woman truculently. "My lodgers are respectable people; they keep themselves to themselves, and I keep myself to myself.[…]"”

24. isim A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
25. özel isim A surname.