capped

CAP

abbr.

Civil Air Patrol

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cap ¹  (kp)

n.

1. A usually soft and close-fitting head covering, either having no brim or with a visor.

2.

a. A special head covering worn to indicate rank, occupation, or membership in a particular group: a cardinal's cap; a sailor's cap.

b. An academic mortarboard. Used especially in the phrase cap and gown.

3.

a. A protective cover or seal, especially one that closes off an end or a tip: a bottle cap; a 35-millimeter lens cap.

b. A crown for covering or sealing a tooth.

c. A tread for a worn pneumatic tire.

d. A fitted covering used to seal a well or large pipe.

e. Chiefly Southern U.S. See eye.

4. A summit or top, as of a mountain.

5. An upper limit; a ceiling: placed a cap on mortgage rates.

6. Architecture The capital of a column.

7. Botany

a. The top part, or pileus, of a mushroom.

b. A calyptra.

8.

a. A percussion cap.

b. A small explosive charge enclosed in paper for use in a toy gun.

9. Any of several sizes of writing paper, such as foolscap.

10. Sports An appearance by a player in an international soccer game, traditionally rewarded with a hat.

tr.v. capped, cap·ping, caps

1. To cover, protect, or seal with a cap.

2. To award a special cap to as a sign of rank or achievement: capped the new women nurses at graduation.

3. To lie over or on top of; cover: hills capped with snow.

4. To apply the finishing touch to; complete: cap a meal with dessert.

5. To follow with something better; surpass or outdo: capped his last trick with a disappearing act that brought the audience to its feet.

6. To set an upper limit on: decided to cap cost-of-living increases.

Idioms:

cap in hand

Humbly or submissively.

set (one's) cap for

To attempt to attract and win as a mate.

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[Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa.]

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cap ²  (kp) Informal

n.

A capital letter.

tr.v. capped, cap·ping, caps

To capitalize.

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[Shortened form of capital.]

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cap ³  (kp)

n. Informal

1. Capital: venture cap.

2. Capitalization: market cap.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	capped - used especially of front teeth having (artificial) crowns; "capped teeth gave her a beautiful smile" crowned - having an (artificial) crown on a tooth; "had many crowned teeth"
	2.	capped - covered as if with a cap or crown especially of a specified kind; "cloud-capped mountains"; "brown-capped mushrooms"; "snow-capped peaks" crowned - provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination; "a high-crowned hat"; "an orange-crowned bird"; "a crowned signet ring"