Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually soft and close-fitting head covering, either having no brim or with a visor.
- noun A special head covering worn to indicate rank, occupation, or membership in a particular group.
- noun An academic mortarboard. Used especially in the phrase cap and gown.
- noun A protective cover or seal, especially one that closes off an end or a tip.
- noun A crown for covering or sealing a tooth.
- noun A truck cap.
- noun A tread for a worn pneumatic tire.
- noun A fitted covering used to seal a well or large pipe.
- noun A summit or top, as of a mountain.
- noun An upper limit; a ceiling.
- noun Architecture The capital of a column.
- noun The top part, or pileus, of a mushroom.
- noun A calyptra.
- noun A percussion cap.
- noun A small explosive charge enclosed in paper for use in a toy gun.
- noun Any of several sizes of writing paper, such as foolscap.
- noun Sports An appearance by a player in an international soccer game, traditionally rewarded with a hat.
- transitive verb To cover, protect, or seal with a cap.
- transitive verb To award a special cap to as a sign of rank or achievement.
- transitive verb To lie over or on top of; cover.
- transitive verb To apply the finishing touch to; complete.
- transitive verb To follow with something better; surpass or outdo.
- transitive verb To set an upper limit on.
- idiom (cap in hand) Humbly or submissively.
- idiom (set (one's) cap for) To attempt to attract and win as a mate.
- noun A capital letter.
- transitive verb To capitalize.
- noun Capital.
- noun Capitalization.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put a cap on; cover with or as with a cap, in any sense of that word; cover the head, top, end, or some particular part of: as, to
cap a dunce at school; to cap (the nipple of) a gun. - To complete; consummate; crown; bring to a climax; follow up with something more remarkable than what has previously been done: as, to
cap a story with its moral; he capped this exploit by another still more audacious. - To puzzle.
- To deprive of the cap.
- To salute by taking off the cap: as, to
cap a proctor. - To uncover the head in reverence or civility.
- noun A wooden bowl: as, a cap of porridge and milk. Also
caup . - To arrest.
- To seize; lay hold of violently; specifically, to seize (a vessel) as a prize; hence, to entrap or insnare.
- To chap, as the hands.
- To wrinkle.
- To coagulate.
- An abbreviation of capital;
- of Latin caput or capitulum, chapter;
- in printing, of capitalize.
- noun A covering for the head; a hood; now, especially, a head-covering or head-dress made of soft material and usually fitting more closely to the head than a hat.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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[_He takes off his cap and puts on a woolen cap_.]
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*applies latex swim cap to hold skull togedder, then CHRG wdoi ober the swim cap*
i told u - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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A single multivitamin cap is just not potent enough to provide serious immune support, no matter what the company tells you.
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In the full-dress of the court, the tall black lambskin cap is changed for a turban of shawl; and in place of the stockings without shoes, on entering the room a pair of red cloth boots reaching to the knee is worn.
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The term "cap" appears to refer to a limit on construction costs.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Phone cap term should be banned when advertising deals, says ACMA MOBILE phone companies should be banned from using the term "cap" when advertising deals, a report recommends.
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told CNBC this week that "the term cap and trade is not in the lexicon anymore."
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The term cap and trade didn't exist until the mid-1990s, but by that time the idea had already served as the centerpiece of a landmark environmental law.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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The term cap and trade didn't exist until the mid-1990s, but by that time the idea had already served as the centerpiece of a landmark environmental law.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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In response, Dems are dropping the term cap-and-trade to try and spin the bill in a new way.
Latest Articles 2010
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