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Tope

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Noun

1. stupa, tope

a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists

Verb

2. drink, tope

drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic

Example Sentences:
'The husband drinks and beats his wife'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tope

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verb
to consume (alcoholic drink) as a regular habit, usually in large quantities
noun
1. 
a small grey requiem shark, Galeorhinus galeus, of European coastal waters
2. 
any of various other small sharks
noun
another name for a stupa

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Tope

see synonyms of tope
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: toped or ˈtoping
Archaic
to drink (alcoholic liquor) in large amounts and often
noun
a Buddhist shrine in the form of a dome with a cupola
noun
a small, gray European requiem shark (Galeorhinus galeus)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tope

see synonyms of tope
tr. & intr.v. toped, top·ing, topes
Archaic
To drink (liquor) habitually and excessively or engage in such drinking.
n.
A small shark (Galeorhinus galeus) that has a long pointed snout and is commercially harvested for food and oil.
n.
See stupa.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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