cap
cap (kap)
noun
- any closefitting head covering, brimless or with only a front visor, and made of wool, cotton, etc., as a baseball cap or overseas cap, or of muslin or lace, as a nurse's or baby's cap
- a special covering for the head, worn as a mark of occupation, rank, academic degree, etc. a cardinal's cap, fool's cap
- mortarboard (sense )
- a caplike part or thing; cover or top, as the cap-shaped part of a mushroom, a small metal cover for a bottle, the cover over a camera lens or other projecting or end part, a kneecap, an artificial crown for a tooth, a mountain top, or the capital of a column
- percussion cap
- a little paper percussion cap for toy guns (cap guns)
- an upper limit set on a budget, cost, etc.; ceiling
Etymology: ME cappe < OE cæppe & ML cappa < LL cappa, a cape, hooded cloak
transitive verb capped, capping cap′·ping
- to put a cap on
- to present ceremonially with a special cap, as at a graduation to cap a nurse
- to cover the top or end of; form a cap snow capped the hills
- to do as well as or better than; equal or excel
- to follow with another that is equivalent or better than; match to cap a quotation
- to bring to a high point, as of interest or excitement; climax
- to set a cap, or upper limit, for
cap in hand
cap the climax
☆set one's cap for
cap
- capacity
- capital
- capitalization
- capitalize
- capitalized
Etymology: L capsula
Pharmacy a capsuleEtymology: L capitulum
chapterEtymology: L capiat
Pharmacy take
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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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