Cap definition
An example of cap is to put an artificial crown on a tooth.
An example of cap is a baseball hat.
An example of cap is a soda bottle top.
A cardinal's cap; a sailor's cap.
A bottle cap; a 35-millimeter lens cap.
Venture cap.
Market cap.
A cardinal's cap, fool's cap.
To cap a nurse.
Snow capped the hills.
To cap a quotation.
To cap off a lovely evening with a late dessert.
He took the cap of the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.
Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
The cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.
Flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.
That really capped my day.
Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.
Placed a cap on mortgage rates.
Capped the new women nurses at graduation.
Hills capped with snow.
Cap a meal with dessert.
Capped his last trick with a disappearing act that brought the audience to its feet.
Decided to cap cost-of-living increases.
- Humbly or submissively.
- To attempt to attract and win as a mate.
- in a humble or servile manner
- to be or do more than could be expected or believed
- to try to win (someone) as a husband or lover
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of cap
- Middle English cappe from Old English cæppe from Late Latin cappa
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Shortened form of capital
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa.
From Wiktionary
- From capitalization, by shortening.
From Wiktionary
- From capital, by shortening.
From Wiktionary