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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

cap

3  [kap]
–noun Slang.
a capsule, esp. of a narcotic drug.
Origin:
by shortening of capsule

CAP

 
1. Civil Air Patrol.
2. Common Agricultural Policy: a coordinated system established in 1960 by the European Economic Community for stabilizing prices of farm products of its member countries.
3. computer-aided publishing.
4. Stock Exchange. convertible adjustable preferred (stock).
Also, C.A.P. (for defs. 1, 2, 4).

cap.

 
1. capacity.
2. (in prescriptions) let the patient take. Origin:
< L capiat
3. capital.
4. capitalize.
5. capitalized.
6. capital letter.
7. chapter. Origin:
< L capitulum, caput
8. foolscap.

ca⋅lyp⋅tra

  [kuh-lip-truh]
–noun Botany.
1. Also called cap. a hood or hoodlike part, as the lid of the capsule in mosses.
2. a root cap.
Origin:
1745–55; < NL < Gk kalýptra veil, covering, equiv. to kalýp(tein) to veil, cover + -tra n. suffix

Related forms:
ca⋅lyp⋅trate  [kuh-lip-treyt] , adjective

capping fee

 
–noun Fox Hunting.
a fee paid for a day of hunting with an association of hunters of which one is not a member.
Also called cap.

mor⋅tar⋅board

  [mawr-ter-bawrd, -bohrd]
–noun
1. a board, usually square, used by masons to hold mortar.
2. Also called cap. a cap with a close-fitting crown surmounted by a stiff, flat, square piece from which a tassel hangs, worn as part of academic costume.
Origin:
1850–55; mortar 2 + board

Wein⋅ber⋅ger

  [wahyn-bur-ger]
–noun
1. Caspar W(illard) (“Cap”), born 1917, U.S. government official: Secretary of Defense since 1981.
2. Ja⋅ro⋅mir  [yahr-uh-meer] , 1896–1967, Czech composer, in the U.S.
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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.]
cap 3   (kāp)   
n.   Informal
  1. Capital: venture cap.
  2. Capitalization: market cap.
CAP  
abbr.  Civil Air Patrol
eye   (ī)   


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n.  
  1. An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.
    1. Either of a pair of hollow structures located in bony sockets of the skull, functioning together or independently, each having a lens capable of focusing incident light on an internal photosensitive retina from which nerve impulses are sent to the brain; the vertebrate organ of vision.
    2. The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.
    3. The pigmented iris of this organ.
    4. A way of regarding something; a point of view: To my eye, the decorations are excellent.
    5. Attention: The lavish window display immediately got my eye.
    6. Watchful attention or supervision: always under his boss's eye; kept an eye on her valuables.
    7. An opening in a needle.
    8. The aperture of a camera.
    9. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread.
    10. A circular marking on a peacock's feather.
    11. Chiefly Southern U.S. The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove. Also called regionally cap1, griddle.
    12. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato.
    13. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers.
    14. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.
    15. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.
  3. The faculty of seeing; vision.
  4. The ability to make intellectual or aesthetic judgments: has a good eye for understated fashion.
    1. A way of regarding something; a point of view: To my eye, the decorations are excellent.
    2. Attention: The lavish window display immediately got my eye.
    3. Watchful attention or supervision: always under his boss's eye; kept an eye on her valuables.
    4. An opening in a needle.
    5. The aperture of a camera.
    6. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread.
    7. A circular marking on a peacock's feather.
    8. Chiefly Southern U.S. The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove. Also called regionally cap1, griddle.
    9. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato.
    10. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers.
    11. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.
    12. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.
  6. Something suggestive of the vertebrate organ of vision, especially:
    1. An opening in a needle.
    2. The aperture of a camera.
    3. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread.
    4. A circular marking on a peacock's feather.
    5. Chiefly Southern U.S. The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove. Also called regionally cap1, griddle.
    6. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato.
    7. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers.
    8. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.
    9. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.
  7. A photosensitive device, such as a photoelectric cell.
  8. Botany
    1. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato.
    2. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers.
    3. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.
    4. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.
    1. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.
    2. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.
  10. Informal A detective, especially a private investigator.
  11. A choice center cut of meat, as of beef: eye of the round.
tr.v.   eyed, eye·ing or ey·ing (ī'ĭng), eyes
  1. To look at: eyed the passing crowd with indifference.
  2. To watch closely: eyed the shark's movements.
  3. To supply with an eye.

[Middle English, from Old English ēge, ēage; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]
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Definition:  See mushroom cap
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Cap

Cap\, n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[ae]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: "Capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum." See 3d Cape, and cf. 1st Cope.]

1. A covering for the head; esp. (a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys; (b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants; (c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.

2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief.

Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. --Shak.

3. A respectful uncovering of the head.

He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks. --Fuller.

4. (Zo["o]l.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.

5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as: (a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate. (b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament. (c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope. (d) A percussion cap. See under Percussion. (e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box. (f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.

6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.

Cap of a cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry; -- now called an apron.

Cap in hand, obsequiously; submissively.

Cap of liberty. See Liberty cap, under Liberty.

Cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried before the mayors of some cities.

Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox.

Cap paper. (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap, and legal cap. (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold commodities.

Cap rock (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore, generally of barren vein material.

Flat cap, cap See Foolscap.

Forage cap, the cloth undress head covering of an officer of soldier.

Legal cap, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at the top or "narrow edge."

To set one's cap, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) --Chaucer.

To set one's cap for, to try to win the favor of a man with a view to marriage. [Colloq.]

Cap

Cap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capped; p. pr. & vb. n. Capping.]

1. To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.

The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth cartilaginous substance. --Derham.

2. To deprive of cap. [Obs.] --Spenser.

3. To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.

4. To salute by removing the cap. [Slang. Eng.]

Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows. --Thackeray.

5. To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs. --Shak.

Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter. --Dryden.

Note: In capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of the first letter, or with the first letter of the last word, or ending with a rhyming word, or by applying any other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon.

Cap

Cap\, v. i. To uncover the head respectfully. --Shak.
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cap 
O.E. cæppe "hood, head-covering," from L.L. cappa "a cape, hooded cloak," possibly shortened from capitulare "headdress," from L. caput "head" (see head). Meaning "women's head covering" is c.1225 in Eng.; extended to men 1382. Of cap-like coverings on the ends of anything (e.g. hub-cap) from c.1440. Meaning "contraceptive device" is first recorded 1916. "Cap-shaped piece of copper lined with gunpowder and used to ignite a gun" is c.1826; extended to paper version used in toy pistols, 1872. The L.L. word apparently originally meant "a woman's head-covering," but the sense transferred to "hood of a cloak," then to "cloak" itself, though the various senses co-existed. O.E. took in two forms of the L.L. word, one meaning "head-covering," the other "ecclesiastical dress" (see cape (1)). In most Romance languages, a dim. of L.L. cappa has become the usual word for "head-covering" (cf. Fr. chapeau).
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cap

  1. An upper limit on the interest rate to be paid on a floating-rate note.
  2. See capitalization.

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Main Entry: 1cap
Pronunciation: 'kap
Function: noun
often attributive 1 : a natural cover or top: as a : PILEUS b : PATELLA, KNEECAP
2 : something that serves as a cover or protection especially for a tip, knob, or end (as of a tooth)
3 British : CERVICAL CAP
4 : a cluster of molecules or chemical groupsbound to one end or a region of a cell, virus, or molecule caps>

Main Entry: 2cap
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: capped; cap·ping
transitive senses
1 : to invest (a student nurse)with a cap as an indication of completion of a probationary period of study
2 : to cover (a diseased or exposed part of a tooth) with a protective substance
3 : to form a chemical cap on capped end of a messenger RNA> cap intransitive senses
: to form or produce a chemical cap cap>

Main Entry: cap
Function: abbreviation
1 capacity
2 capsule
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cap (kāp)
n.
A protective cover or seal, especially one that closes off an end or a tip and that resembles a close-fitting head covering.

CAP abbr.
catabolite gene activator protein

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CAP
1. Columbia AppleTalk Package.
2. Carrierless Amplitude/Phase Modulation.
3. Competitive Access Provider

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cap

In addition to the idioms beginning with cap, 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 under hat.

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cap
capsule
CAP
  1. Capricorn
  2. Capricornus (constellation)
  3. Civil Air Patrol
  4. carcinoma of prostate
  5. community-acquired pneumonia
  6. computer-aided publishing
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