cap

[ kap ]

/ kæp /

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noun

a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim.

a brimless head covering with a visor, as a baseball cap.

mobcap.

a headdress denoting rank, occupation, religious order, or the like: a nurse's cap.

mortarboard(def 2).

Mathematics. the symbol ∩, used to indicate the intersection of two sets.Compare intersection(def 3a).

anything resembling or suggestive of a covering for the head in shape, use, or position: a cap on a bottle.

summit; top; acme.

a maximum limit, as one set by law or agreement on prices, wages, spending, etc., during a certain period of time; ceiling: a 9 percent cap on pay increases for this year.

Mycology. the pileus of a mushroom.

Botany. calyptra(def 1).

Mining. a short, horizontal beam at the top of a prop for supporting part of a roof.

a percussion cap.

British Sports. a selection for a representative team, usually for a national squad.

a noise-making device for toy pistols, made of a small quantity of explosive wrapped in paper or other thin material.

Nautical. a fitting of metal placed over the head of a spar, as a mast or bowsprit, and having a collar for securing an additional spar.

a new tread applied to a worn pneumatic tire.

Architecture. a capital.

Carpentry. a metal plate placed over the iron of a plane to break the shavings as they rise.

Fox Hunting. capping fee.

Chiefly British Slang. a contraceptive diaphragm.

verb (used with object), capped, cap·ping.

to provide or cover with or as if with a cap.

to complete.

follow up with something as good or better; surpass; outdo: to cap one joke with another.

to serve as a cap, covering, or top to; overlie.

to put a maximum limit on (prices, wages, spending, etc.).

British Sports. to select (a player) for a representative team.

verb (used without object), capped, cap·ping.

Fox Hunting. to hunt with a hunting club of which one is not a member, on payment of a capping fee.

Nearby words

canzonet, canzonetta, cao yu, caodaism, caoutchouc, cap, cap and bells, cap and gown, cap cloud, cap de la madeleine, cap gun

Idioms

cap in hand, humbly; in supplication: He went to his father cap in hand and begged his forgiveness.

set one's cap for, to pursue as being a potential mate.

Origin of cap

before 1000; Middle English cappe, Old English cæppe < Late Latin cappa hooded cloak, cap; cf. cape¹

Related formscap·less, adjective

Definition for capped (2 of 2)

cap

[ kap ]

/ kæp /

noun

a capital letter.

Usually caps. uppercase: Please set the underlined in caps.

verb (used with object), capped, cap·ping.

to write or print in capital letters, or make an initial letter a capital; capitalize.

Origin of cap

First recorded in 1895–1900; by shortening

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for capped

When they are full, many landfills are capped—covered with asphalt or concrete.
Garbage In, Power Out|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It capped a miserable British summer of sport which also saw the country eliminated from the World Cup in the group stages.
Murray Crashes Out Of Wimbledon As Kate And William Watch|Tom Sykes|July 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Was there ever an alternate fate for Hank, or was he always going to get capped in the desert?
From ‘Breaking Bad’ to Benjamin Franklin: Dean Norris on Life After Hank Schrader|Marlow Stern|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For these areas, capped wireless internet becomes their only option.
AT&T’s New “Sponsored Data” Scheme is a Tremendous Loss for All of Us|Michael Weinberg|January 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And Hill fully embodies Donnie, a morally bankrupt clown with shiny, capped teeth, suspenders, and a gravelly voice.
Jonah Hill on ‘The Wolf of Wall Street,’ Prosthetic Penises, and Finance Douchebags|Marlow Stern|December 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Slieve League is capped by the remnants of outlying beds of lower carboniferous age, conglomerates, with fossil plant remains.
Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II|W. P. Haskett Smith
"You needn't think we're sacrificing ourselves, for we should love it," Molly capped him.
The Princess Passes|Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson
This attractiveness continues to the summit, which is capped, as it were, with the official residence and forts.
Seven Legs Across the Seas|Samuel Murray
Virginia could see nobody else, except a distant swimmer beyond the raft, capped with a scarlet kerchief.
The Firing Line|Robert W. Chambers
The molding is the same; there is the same upward sweep of the ramped rail, and it is also capped with dark wood.
The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia|Frank Cousins

British Dictionary definitions for capped (1 of 2)

cap

/ (kæp) /

noun

a covering for the head, esp a small close-fitting one made of cloth or knitted

such a covering serving to identify the wearer's rank, occupation, etca nurse's cap

something that protects or covers, esp a small lid or coverlens cap

an uppermost surface or partthe cap of a wave

See percussion cap
a small amount of explosive enclosed in paper and used in a toy gun

sport, mainly British

an emblematic hat or beret given to someone chosen for a representative teamhe has won three England caps
a player chosen for such a team

the upper part of a pedestal in a classical order

the roof of a windmill, sometimes in the form of a dome

botany the pileus of a mushroom or toadstool

hunting

money contributed to the funds of a hunt by a follower who is neither a subscriber nor a farmer, in return for a day's hunting
a collection taken at a meet of hounds, esp for a charity

anatomy

the natural enamel covering a tooth
an artificial protective covering for a tooth

See Dutch cap (def. 2)

an upper financial limit

a mortarboard when worn with a gown at an academic ceremony (esp in the phrase cap and gown)

meteorol

the cloud covering the peak of a mountain
the transient top of detached clouds above an increasing cumulus

cap in hand humbly, as when asking a favour

if the cap fits British the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person

set one's cap for or set one's cap at (of a woman) to be determined to win as a husband or lover

verb caps, capping or capped (tr)

to cover, as with a capsnow capped the mountain tops

informal to outdo; excelyour story caps them all; to cap an anecdote

to cap it all to provide the finishing touchwe had sun, surf, cheap wine, and to cap it all a free car

sport, British to select (a player) for a representative teamhe was capped 30 times by Scotland

to seal off (an oil or gas well)

to impose an upper limit on the level of increase of (a tax, such as the council tax)rate-capping

hunting to ask (hunt followers) for a cap

mainly Scot and NZ to award a degree to

Derived Formscapper, noun

Word Origin for cap

Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa hood, perhaps from Latin caput head

British Dictionary definitions for capped (2 of 2)

CAP

abbreviation for

Common Agricultural Policy: (in the EU) the system for supporting farm incomes by maintaining agricultural prices at agreed levels

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Medicine definitions for capped (1 of 2)

cap

[ kăp ]

n.

A protective cover or seal, especially one that closes off an end or a tip and that resembles a close-fitting head covering.

Medicine definitions for capped (2 of 2)

CAP

abbr.

catabolite gene activator protein

Idioms and Phrases with capped

cap

In addition to the idioms beginning with cap

cap and gown
cap in hand
cap it all

also see:

feather in one's cap
hat (cap) in hand
if the shoe (cap) fits, wear it
put on one's thinking cap
set one's cap for

Also see underhat.

cap

noun

verb (used with object), capped, cap·ping.

verb (used without object), capped, cap·ping.

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cap

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