cap 1 (k p)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.
[Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa.] |
cap 2 (k p) Informal tr.v. capped, cap·ping, caps To capitalize.
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cap 3 (k p)n. Informal 1. Capital: venture cap. 2. Capitalization: market cap. |
cap Noun 1. a soft close-fitting covering for the head 2. Sport a cap given to someone selected for a national team 3. a small flat lid: petrol cap 4. a small amount of explosive enclosed in paper and used in a toy gun 5. a contraceptive device placed over the mouth of the womb 6. an upper financial limit 7. cap in hand humbly Verb [capping, capped] 1. to cover or top with something: a thick cover of snow capped the cars 2. Sport to select (a player) for a national team: Australia's most capped player 3. to impose an upper level on (a tax): charge capping 4. Informal to outdo or excel: capping anecdote with anecdote [Late Latin cappa hood] CAP (in the EU) Common Agricultural Policy
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | cap - a tight-fitting headdress Balmoral, bluebonnet - a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side beret - a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth biggin - a child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin calpac, calpack, kalpac - a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus earflap, earlap - one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm tarboosh, fez - a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown Glengarry - a Scottish cap with straight sides and a crease along the top from front to back; worn by Highlanders as part of military dress kalansuwa - a cap that is wrapped around by a turban and worn by Muslim religious elders liberty cap - close-fitting conical cap worn as a symbol of liberty during the French Revolution and in the U.S. before 1800 mobcap - large high frilly cap with a full crown; formerly worn indoors by women mortarboard - an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top pinner - a woman's cap with two long flaps pinned on shower cap - a tight cap worn to keep hair dry while showering skullcap - rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head watch cap - a knitted dark blue wool cap worn by seamen in cold or stormy weather wishing cap - a magical cap that secures whatever one wishes for | | 2. | cap - a top (as for a bottle)nipple - a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier radiator cap - cap on the opening in the top of a radiator through which a coolant liquid can be added cover, top - covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container); "he removed the top of the carton"; "he couldn't get the top off of the bottle"; "put the cover back on the kettle" | | 3. | cap - a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosiveblasting cap - a small tube filled with detonating substances; used to detonate high explosives | | 4. | cap - something serving as a cover or protectiondistributor cap - the cap of the distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the spark plugs collet, ferrule - a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting hubcap - cap that fits over the hub of a wheel thimble - a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container | | 5. | cap - a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroomfungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia | | 6. | cap - a protective covering that is part of a plant | | 7. | cap - 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"control - the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.; "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls" glass ceiling - a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions | | 8. | cap - (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown" | | 9. | cap - the upper part of a column that supports the entablaturepillar, column - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure top - the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page" | | Verb | 1. | cap - lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains"lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position | | 2. | cap - restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club" |
cap verb 1. ( Informal) beat, top, better, exceed, eclipse, lick ( informal) surpass, transcend, outstrip, outdo, run rings around ( informal) put in the shade, overtop
Translations CAP n abbr (= Common Agricultural Policy) → PAC f cap [kæp] n ( hat) → gorra; ( BRIT) ( SPORT) → seleccionar (para el equipo nacional); and to cap it all, he ... → y para colmo, él ...
CAP n abbr (= Common Agricultural Policy) → PAC f cap [kæp] n → casquette f; ( Brit) (= contraceptive) (also: Dutch cap) → diaphragme m;
CAP n abbr (= Common Agricultural Policy) → gemeinsame Agrarpolitik f der EG cap [kæp] n → Mütze f, Kappe f; ( of pen) → (Verschluss)kappe f; ( contraceptive) (also: Dutch cap) → Pessar nt; (Sport) → Ehrenkappe, die Nationalspielern verliehen wird
CAP n abbr (= Common Agricultural Policy) → PAC f cap [kæp] n ( also BRIT FOOTBALL) → berretto; [ of pen] → coperchio; [ of bottle] → tappo; ( BRIT) ( contraceptive) (also: Dutch cap) → diaframma m
capn cap [kӕp]1 a hat with a peak a chauffeur's cap. pet قُبَّعّةٌ ذات حافّةٍ каскет čepice kasket die Mütze πηλήκιο gorra nokkmüts کلاه lakki casquette כּוֹבָע מִצְחִייָה टोपी kapa sapka pici (der)húfa berretto 前びさし付帽子 챙 달린 모자 kepurė cepure; žokejcepure topi pet (skygge)lue czapka z daszkiem boné şapcă кепка; фуражка čapica čepica s ščitnikom kačket skärmmössa, keps หมวกที่มีกระบังหน้า kep, kasket 尖帽 кепка; картуз ٹوپی mũ lưỡi trai 尖帽 2 a covering for the head, not with a peak a swimming cap; a nurse's cap. mus قُبَّعَةٌ ذات حافَّةٍ шапка čepec, čapka hætte die Haube σκούφια gorro, cofia müts کلاه بدون لبه lakki, päähine bonnet; coiffe כּוֹבָע आवरण, आच्छद kapa sapka tudung (sund)hetta berretto, cappello 縁なし帽子 챙 없는 모자 kepuraitė cepurīte penutup kepala hoofddeksel lue; (bade)hette; kappe czepek touca cască; bonetă шапочка;колпак čiapka; čepiec kapa kapa mössa หมวก kep, takke, başlık 帽子 чепець سر کو ڈھانپنے کے لئے چوٹی کے بغیر ٹوپی mũ vải 帽子 3 a cover or top (of a bottle, pen etc) Replace the cap after you've finished with the pen. doppie, proppie سَدّادَةُ قَنّينَه капачка víčko, víko hætte die (Verschluß-)Kappe καπάκι, πώμα, βούλωμα, τάπα capuchón, tapón, tapa kork در؛ سرپوش korkki, suojus capsule; capuchon מִכְסֵה, פְּקַק शीर्ष kapica kupak tutup hetta, lok cappuccio キャップ 뚜껑 dangtelis aizbāznis; uzmava; vāks penutup dop lokk, hette, deksel, kapsel kapsel, nakrętka tampa capac; înveliş крышка; колпачок uzáver pokrov, zamašek poklopac kapsyl, hatt, lock ฝาครอบ kapak, başlık 蓋 ковпачок ڈھکن nắp 盖 adj cappedhaving a cap or covering snow-capped mountains. bedekte مُغَطّى покрит s čepičkou, pokrytý dækket bedeckt σκεπασμένος tapado, cubierto (mütsiga) kaetud دارای سرپوش؛ پوشش دار peittämä couronné לָשִׂים כּוֹבָע, מִכְסֵה आवृत्त pokrovac, glavica hófedte berlapis þakinn (efst) með hettu ricoperto, coperto ふたをかぶせた 「뚜껑이 있는, ...으로 덮인」이라는 뜻의 연결형 apdengtas pārklāts; apsegts dilitupi met... bedekt med hette/lue; (-)dekket pokryty coberto de acoperit de покрытый pokrytý (ako čiapočkou) pokrit prekriven kapsylförsedd, krönt, []klädd ซึ่งปกคลุม ...kaplı 覆蓋的 покритий سر پہ ٹوپی لینا ، یا کسی چیز کا ڈھانپا ہوا ہونا có nắp 覆盖的
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