copy

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun An imitation or reproduction of an original; a duplicate.
• noun Computers A file that has the same data as another file.
• noun One example of a printed text, picture, film, or recording.
• noun Material, such as a manuscript, that is to be set in type.
• noun The words to be printed or spoken in an advertisement.
• noun Suitable source material for journalism.
• intransitive verb To make a reproduction or copy of.
• intransitive verb To follow as a model or pattern; imitate. synonym: imitate.
• intransitive verb To include as an additional recipient of a written communication.
• intransitive verb To make a copy or copies.
• intransitive verb To admit of being copied.
• intransitive verb To hear clearly or understand something said by radio communication.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To imitate; follow as a model or pattern.
• To make a copy of; duplicate; reproduce; transcribe: sometimes followed by out, especially when applied to writing: as, to copy out a set of figures.
• To imitate, or endeavor to be like, something regarded as a model; do something in imitation of an exemplar: sometimes followed by after: as. to copy after bad precedents.
• noun Abundance; plenty; copiousness.
• noun A duplication, transcription, imitation, or reproduction of something; that which is not an original.
• noun Specifically A completed reproduction, or one of a set or number of reproductions or imitations, containing the same matter, or having the same form and appearance, or executed in the same style, as an exemplar; a duplicate; a transcript: as, a copy of the Bible.
• noun The thing copied or to be copied; something set for imitation or reproduction; a pattern, exemplar, or model; specifically, an example of penmanship to be copied by a pupil.
• noun In printing, written or printed matter given to the printer to be reproduced in type.
• noun Right to the use of literary manuscript; copyright.
• noun A copyhold tenure; tenure in general.
• noun A size of writing-paper measuring 16 X 20 inches.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; ; -- often with out, sometimes with off.
• transitive verb To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.
• noun obsolete An abundance or plenty of anything.
• noun An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work.
• noun An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author.
• noun That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
• noun (print.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type.
• noun A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.
• noun obsolete Copyhold; tenure; lease.
• noun a book in which copies are written or printed for learners to imitate.
• noun (Law) those which have been compared with the originals.
• noun those which are attested under seal of a court.
• noun those which are made or attested by officers having charge of the originals, and authorized to give copies officially.
• intransitive verb To make a copy or copies; to imitate.
• intransitive verb To yield a duplicate or transcript.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun The result of copying (confer original); an identical duplication.
• noun An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
• noun journalism The text that is to be typeset.
• noun journalism A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy
• noun marketing The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
• noun uncountable The text of newspaper articles.
• noun A school work pad.
• noun A printed edition of a book or magazine.
• verb transitive To produce an object identical to a given object.