Definition of tope Tope

/towˈp/ - [towp] - tope

We found 15 definitions of tope from 6 different sources.

What does tope mean?

Noun
tope - a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists
		stupa
Verb
tope - drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife"
		drink
		habituate, use make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"

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tope (Noun)
A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout.
tope (Noun)
A grove of trees.
tope (Verb)
To drink excessively; to get drunk.

tope (n.)
A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.
tope (n.)
A grove or clump of trees; as, a toddy tope.
tope (n.)
A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, / Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also toper, oil shark, miller's dog, and penny dog.
tope (n.)
The wren.
tope (v. i.)
To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess.

tope
tōp, v.i. to drink hard or to excess: to tipple:—pr.p. tō′ping; pa.p. tōped.—n. Tō′per, a drunkard. [From tope, an obs. verb 'to drink hard,' from the phrase to top off, sig. 'to drink off at one draught.']
tope
tōp, n. a Buddhist tumulus for the preservation of relics, of more or less solid masonry, in which the relics are deposited—the oldest spherical, others having polygonal bases, originally crowned with an umbrella-shaped finial, and surrounded by a carved stone railing with elaborately carved gateway. [Corr. from Sans. stūpa, a heap.]
tope
tōp, n. a small species of British shark—the Miller's dog and Penny dog

tope
A small-sized Chinese junk. Also, the Galeus vulgaris, a kind of shark. Also, a small grove of trees in India.

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