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CAP
cap
(noun) a tight-fitting headdress
cap
(noun) a top (as for a bottle)
cap
(noun) something serving as a cover or protection
capital, chapiter, cap
(noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown, cap
(noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; “tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown”
detonator, detonating device, cap
(noun) a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
ceiling, roof, cap
(noun) an upper limit on what is allowed; “he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him”; “there was a roof on salaries”; “they established a cap for prices”
hood, cap
(noun) a protective covering that is part of a plant
cap, pileus
(noun) a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
cap
(verb) restrict the number or amount of; “We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club”
cap, crest
(verb) lie at the top of; “Snow capped the mountains”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
cap (plural caps)
A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
Hyponym: Thesaurus:headgear
A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.
An academic mortarboard.
A protective cover or seal.
A crown for covering a tooth.
The summit of a mountain, etc.
An artificial upper limit or ceiling.
Antonym: floor
The top part of a mushroom.
(toy) A small amount of percussive explosive in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun.
A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives.
(slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
(soccer) An international appearance.
(obsolete) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
(obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.
(zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
(architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
(nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
(geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
A large size of writing paper.
(African-American Vernacular) A lie or exaggeration.
Verb
cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capping, simple past and past participle capped)
(transitive) To cover or seal with a cap.
(transitive) To award a cap as a mark of distinction.
(transitive) To lie over or on top of something.
(transitive) To surpass or outdo.
(transitive) To set an upper limit on something.
(transitive) To make something even more wonderful at the end.
(transitive, cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side.
(transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
(transitive, sports) To select to play for the national team.
(transitive, obsolete) To salute by uncovering the head respectfully.
To deprive of a cap.
(African American Vernacular English) To tell a lie.
Etymology 2
Noun
cap (plural caps)
(finance) Capitalization.
Etymology 3
Noun
cap (plural caps)
(informal) An uppercase letter.
Verb
cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capping, simple past and past participle capped)
(transitive, informal) To convert text to uppercase.
Etymology 4
Noun
cap (plural caps)
(electronics) capacitor
Etymology 5
Shortening of capture.
Noun
cap (plural caps)
(colloquial) A recording or screenshot.
Verb
cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capping, simple past and past participle capped)
(transitive) To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.
Etymology 6
Noun
cap (plural caps)
(slang) A capsule of a drug.
Etymology 7
Noun
cap (plural caps)
(obsolete) A wooden drinking-bowl with two handles.
Anagrams
• ACP, APC, CPA, PAC, PCA, Pac, Pac.
Noun
CAP (countable and uncountable, plural CAPs)
Acronym of catabolite activator protein.
(medicine) Acronym of community-acquired pneumonia.
(comptheory) Acronym of consistency, availability, partition-tolerance, three irreconcilable guarantees in distributed systems, a result known as Brewer's theorem.
Acronym of combat air patrol.
Acronym of change acceleration process.
Acronym of colors and placements.
Proper noun
CAP
(European Union) Acronym of Common Agricultural Policy.
(US) Acronym of Civil Air Patrol.
Acronym of Colleague Assistance Program.
Anagrams
• ACP, APC, CPA, PAC, PCA, Pac, Pac.
Etymology
Proper noun
Cap
A nickname for the captain of a team, ship, etc.
A nickname for a man generally.
Anagrams
• ACP, APC, CPA, PAC, PCA, Pac, Pac.
Source: Wiktionary
Cap, n. Etym: [OE. cappe, AS. cæppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: "Capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum." See 3d Cape, and cf. 1st Cope.]
1. A covering for the head; esp. (a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys; (b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants; (c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief. Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. Shak.
3. A respectful uncovering of the head. He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks. Fuller.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as: (a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate. (b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament. (c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope. (d) A percussion cap. See under Percussion. (e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box. (f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap. Cap of a cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry; -- now called an apron.
– Cap in hand, obsequiously; submissively.
– Cap of liberty. See Liberty cap, under Liberty.
– Cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried before the mayors of some cities.
– Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox.
– Cap paper. (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolsap, and legal cap. (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold commodities. Cap rock (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore, generally of barren vein material.
– Flat cap, cap See Foolscap.
– Forage cap, the cloth undress head covering of an officer of soldier.
– Legal cap, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at the top or "narrow edge." -- To set one's cap, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) Chaucer.
– To set one's cap for, to try to win the favor of a man with a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
Cap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capped (; p. pr. & vb. n. Capping.]
1. To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun. The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth cartilaginous substance. Derham.
2. To deprive of cap. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.
4. To salute by removing the cap. [Slang. Eng.] Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows. Thackeray.
5. To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs. Shak. Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter. Dryden.
Note: In capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of the first letter, or with the first letter of the last word, or ending with a rhyming word, or by applying any other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon.
Cap, v. i.
Definition: To uncover the head respectfully. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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