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cap¹ Definition

cap (kap)

noun

  1. 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
    1. a special covering for the head, worn as a mark of occupation, rank, academic degree, etc. a cardinal's cap, fool's cap
    2. mortarboard (sense )
  3. 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
  4. percussion cap
  5. a little paper percussion cap for toy guns (cap guns)
  6. 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, cap′·ping

  1. to put a cap on
  2. to present ceremonially with a special cap, as at a graduation to cap a nurse
  3. to cover the top or end of; form a cap snow capped the hills
    1. to do as well as or better than; equal or excel
    2. to follow with another that is equivalent or better than; match to cap a quotation
  5. to bring to a high point, as of interest or excitement; climax
  6. to set a cap, or upper limit, for

cap¹ Idioms

cap in hand

in a humble or servile manner

cap the climax

☆

to be or do more than could be expected or believed

set one's cap for

to try to win as a husband or lover

cap² Definition

cap

  1. capacity
  2. capital
    1. capitalization
    2. capitalize
    3. capitalized

  4. Etymology: L capsula

    Pharmacy a capsule

  5. Etymology: L capitulum

    chapter

  6. Etymology: L capiat

    Pharmacy take

CAP Definition

CAP

Civil Air Patrol

cap Synonyms

cap

n.

  1. Hat

    beret, beanie, baseball cap; see hat.

  2. A cover

    top, lid, stopper; see cover 1.

  3. *Capsule

    dose, pill, tablet, caplet; see medicine 2, tablet 3.

cap Finance Definition
A limit on a price outlined by a contract or other agreement. Adjustable rate mortgages or adjustable rate credit cards often have a cap.
CAP Telecom Definition
  1. Competitive Access Provider.Also known as alternative access vendor (AAV). A company that provides access circuits between an end user enterprise and an interexchange carrier (IXC), or long distance carrier, in competition with the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC). A CAP is facilities-based and generally offers access services at attractive rates compared to those of the ILEC. See also carrier, ILEC, and IXC.
  2. Carrierless Amplitude Phase. A non-standard variation of quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), CAP was the early de facto standard modulation technique for asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) modems. CAP was replaced by discrete multitone (DMT) prior to the release of ADSL standards recommendations by the ITU-T. See also ADSL, DMT, ITU-T, modulation, QAM, and standard.
cap Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • unscrew: I just take the top off, unscrew the cap, put my funnel in and pour away!
  • wear: Women and children were all wearing funny caps on their heads.
  • doff: What singles Pedro out from the crowd is the soulful elements and the doffed cap toward nature.
  • remove: During the second reading earlier this month, a majority of Peers voted to overturn plans to remove the current cap on night flights.

Adjective modifier

  • polar: What we are talking about here are not the polar ice caps or large ice fields.
  • peaked: Peaked caps leave the tips of the ears exposed to the sun; this area is a common site for skin cancer.
  • flat: This picture taken around 1928 shows Percy Read ( on the right with flat cap ) in front of the gasoline pumps.
  • protective: Screw protective black cap back on to cylinder valve outlet.
  • shaped: The mill had a boat shaped cap, patent sails and a fantail, which between them drove 2 pairs of 4 foot stones.
  • Phrygian: Mithras shakes hands with the king, he wears the Phrygian cap, the Persian trousers, and a cape.

Modifies a noun

  • badge: Even the back of our cap badge was scrutinized.
  • reform: CAP reform is therefore a matter of life or death for millions across the world.
  • sleeve: Mark this row at both ends for cap sleeves.
  • subsidy: So, is there any substance behind the Herr Fischler's sudden desire to abolish CAP subsidies?

Noun used with modifier

  • baseball: I wondered whether the baseball cap gang knew how dose they had come to national stardom.
  • filler: Head gaskets fail on the 1.4 gasoline engine; check the underside of the oil filler cap for white emulsion.
  • ice: What we are talking about here are not the polar ice caps or large ice fields.
  • forage: All Scottish regiments had a tartan band around their forage cap ( Parsons, 1995 ).
  • Burberry: Luke Drozd Jonathan Geer - Essex Not a Burberry cap or a customized Ford Fiesta in sight thank christ.
  • toe: Hard boots or ones with steel toe caps can prevent injuries to the feet.
cap Quotes

Crystal sincerity hath found no shelter but in a fool's cap.

—Hopkins, SirAnthony

This rortie wretched city Sair come down frae its auld hiechts öThe hauf o't smug, complacent, Lost til all pride of race or spirit, The tither wild and rouch as ever In its secret hairt But lost alsweill, the smeddum tane, The man o'independent mind has cap in hand the day öSits on its craggy spine And drees the wind and rain That nourished all its genius öWeary wi centuries This empty capital snorts like a great beast Caged in its sleep, dreaming of freedom.

—Smith, Sydney Goodsir

I opened a tin of Bologna sausage and broke a cake of chocolate, and that was all I had to eat. It may sound offensive, but I ate them together, bite by bite, by way of bread and meat. All I had to wash down this revolting mixture was neat brandy; a revolting beverage in itself. But I was rare and hungry; ate well, and smoked one of thebestcigarettesinmyexperience.Then Iput a stonein my straw hat, pulled the flap of my fur cap over my neck and eyes, put my revolver ready to hand, and snuggled well down among the sheepskins.

—Stevenson, Robert Louis

Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting, For fear of little men; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather!

—Allingham,William

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