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cap

1  [kap] noun, verb, capped, cap⋅ping.
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–noun
1. a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim.
2. a brimless head covering with a visor, as a baseball cap.
3. mobcap.
4. a headdress denoting rank, occupation, religious order, or the like: a nurse's cap.
5. mortarboard (def. 2).
6. Mathematics. the symbol ∩, used to indicate the intersection of two sets. Compare intersection (def. 3a).
7. anything resembling or suggestive of a covering for the head in shape, use, or position: a cap on a bottle.
8. summit; top; acme.
9. 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.
10. Mycology. the pileus of a mushroom.
11. Botany. calyptra (def. 1).
12. Mining. a short, horizontal beam at the top of a prop for supporting part of a roof.
13. a percussion cap.
14. British Sports. a selection for a representative team, usually for a national squad.
15. a noise-making device for toy pistols, made of a small quantity of explosive wrapped in paper or other thin material.
16. 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.
17. a new tread applied to a worn pneumatic tire.
18. Architecture. a capital.
19. Carpentry. a metal plate placed over the iron of a plane to break the shavings as they rise.
20. Fox Hunting. capping fee.
21. Chiefly British Slang. a contraceptive diaphragm.
–verb (used with object)
22. to provide or cover with or as if with a cap.
23. to complete.
24. follow up with something as good or better; surpass; outdo: to cap one joke with another.
25. to serve as a cap, covering, or top to; overlie.
26. to put a maximum limit on (prices, wages, spending, etc.).
27. British Sports. to select (a player) for a representative team.
–verb (used without object)
28. Fox Hunting. to hunt with a hunting club of which one is not a member, on payment of a capping fee.
—Idioms
29. cap in hand, humbly; in supplication: He went to his father cap in hand and begged his forgiveness.
30. set one's cap for, to pursue as being a potential mate.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME cappe, OE cæppe < LL cappa hooded cloak, cap; cf. cape

Related forms:
capless, adjective

cap

2  [kap] noun, verb, capped, cap⋅ping.
–noun
1. a capital letter.
2. Usually, caps. uppercase: Please set the underlined in caps.
–verb (used with object)
3. to write or print in capital letters, or make an initial letter a capital; capitalize.
Origin:
1895–1900; by shortening
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cap 1   (kāp)   
n.  
  1. A usually soft and close-fitting head covering, either having no brim or with a visor.
    1. A special head covering worn to indicate rank, occupation, or membership in a particular group: a cardinal's cap; a sailor's cap.
    2. An academic mortarboard. Used especially in the phrase cap and gown.
    3. A protective cover or seal, especially one that closes off an end or a tip: a bottle cap; a 35-millimeter lens cap.
    4. A crown for covering or sealing a tooth.
    5. A tread for a worn pneumatic tire.
    6. A fitted covering used to seal a well or large pipe.
    7. Chiefly Southern U.S. See eye.
    8. The top part, or pileus, of a mushroom.
    9. A calyptra.
    10. A percussion cap.
    11. A small explosive charge enclosed in paper for use in a toy gun.
    1. A protective cover or seal, especially one that closes off an end or a tip: a bottle cap; a 35-millimeter lens cap.
    2. A crown for covering or sealing a tooth.
    3. A tread for a worn pneumatic tire.
    4. A fitted covering used to seal a well or large pipe.
    5. Chiefly Southern U.S. See eye.
    6. The top part, or pileus, of a mushroom.
    7. A calyptra.
    8. A percussion cap.
    9. A small explosive charge enclosed in paper for use in a toy gun.
  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
    1. The top part, or pileus, of a mushroom.
    2. A calyptra.
    3. A percussion cap.
    4. A small explosive charge enclosed in paper for use in a toy gun.
    1. A percussion cap.
    2. 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.

[Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa.]
cap 2   (kāp)   
n.  A capital letter.
tr.v.   capped, cap·ping, caps
To capitalize.

[Shortened form of capital1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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