Cape definition

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A piece of land projecting into a body of water; promontory; headland.
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To maneuver (the bull) by means of a cape in a bullfight.
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A brightly colored cloth used in maneuvering the bull in a bullfight; a capote or muleta.
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A point or head of land projecting into a body of water.
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A point or head of land projecting into a body of water.
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The definition of a cape is piece of land that sticks into the water.

An example of a cape is the piece of land just north of Nantucket Sound in Massachusetts.

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A cape is defined as a piece of clothing without any sleeves that's worn over the shoulders and attaches at the front of the neck.

An example of a cape is what Superman wears to help him fly.

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(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
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A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips.
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(nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.

The ship capes southwest by south.

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To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
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For names of actual capes, see the specific element of the names; for example, Hatteras, Cape; Good Hope, Cape of. Other geographic names beginning with Cape are entered under Cape; for example, Cape Town, South Africa; Cape York Peninsula.
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A sleeveless outer garment hanging over the back and shoulders and often fastening at the neck.
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A sleeveless outer garment fastened at the throat and worn hanging over the shoulders.
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the Cape
  • Cape of Good Hope
  • Cape of Good Hope Province
  • Cape Cod
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Noun

Singular:
cape
Plural:
capes

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

the Cape

Origin of cape

  • Middle English cape partly variant of cope cope cope2 and partly from Anglo-Norman cape (from Medieval Latin cāpa) (variant of Late Latin cappa)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English cap from Old French from Old Provençal from Latin caput head kaput- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle French cap, from Latin caput (“head”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Old English capa, from Late Latin cappa (“cape”).

    From Wiktionary

Cape Sentence Examples

  • That would be a hoot, pushing my cart in a black cape!

  • Between the Swan and North-West Cape the principal rivers are the Greenough, Murchison and Gascoyne; on the north-west coast, the Ashburton, Fortescue and De Grey; and in the Kimberley district, the Fitzroy, Panton, Prince Regent and the Ord.

  • From Cape San Lucas Cavendish steered across the Pacific, seeing no land until he reached the Ladrone Islands.

  • Reaching the Pacific through the Strait of Magellan, Drake proceeded northward along the west coast of America, resolved to attempt the discovery of a northern passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The coast from the southern extremity of the Californian peninsula to Cape Mendocino had been discovered by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and Francisco de Ulloa in 1539.

  • They passed the cape on the 31st of January, encountering the usual westerly winds.

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