set (one's) cap for

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.

A summit or top, as of a mountain.

An upper limit; a ceiling: placed a cap on mortgage rates.

Architecture The capital of a column.

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.

Any of several sizes of writing paper, such as foolscap.

Sports An appearance by a player in an international soccer game, traditionally rewarded with a hat.

To cover, protect, or seal with a cap.

To award a special cap to as a sign of rank or achievement: capped the new women nurses at graduation.

To lie over or on top of; cover: hills capped with snow.

To apply the finishing touch to; complete: cap a meal with dessert.

To follow with something better; surpass or outdo: capped his last trick with a disappearing act that brought the audience to its feet.

To set an upper limit on: decided to cap cost-of-living increases.