Copy

v. duplicate; imitate

n. photostat; duplicate

Copy may refer to:Copying or the product of copying, the duplication of information or an artifactCopy (written), written content in publications, in contrast to photographs or other elements of layoutCopy and paste, a method of reproducing text or other data in computingPhotocopying, a process which makes paper copies of documents and other visual images Fax, a telecommunications technology used to transfer copies of documents, especially over the telephone networkFacsimile, any copy or reproduction which bears a close resemblance to the originalReplica
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Noun
1. a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
(synonym) transcript
(hypernym) written record, written account
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. a secondary representation of an original; "she made a copy of the designer dress"
(hypernym) representation
(hyponym) anamorphosis, anamorphism
(derivation) re-create
3. matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials
(synonym) written matter
(hypernym) text, textual matter
(hyponym) dump
4. material suitable for a journalistic account; "catastrophes make good copy"
(hypernym) material
(substance-holonym) journalism, news media, fourth estate
Verb
1. copy down as is; "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over"
(hypernym) write
(hyponym) recopy
(derivation) copyist, scribe, scrivener
2. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
(synonym) imitate, simulate
(hypernym) reproduce
(hyponym) follow, conform to
3. biology: reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information"
(synonym) replicate
(hypernym) duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate
4. make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"
(synonym) re-create
(hypernym) make, create
(hyponym) manifold
(derivation) copyist, scribe, scrivener

(v. i.)
To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well.
  

(v. i.)
To make a copy or copies; to imitate.
  

(n.)
To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off.
  

(n.)
To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.
  

(n.)
That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.
  

(n.)
Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.
  

(n.)
Copyhold; tenure; lease.
  

(n.)
An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.
  

(n.)
An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue.
  

(n.)
An abundance or plenty of anything.
  

(n.)
A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.
  

1. To receive a message. 2. A recorded message or a duplicate of it. 3. To read data from a source, leaving the source data unchanged at the source, and to write the same data elsewhere, though they may be in a physical form that differs from that of the source. 4. To understand a transmitted message.