cap
CAP
abbr.
1. Civil Air Patrol
2. combat air patrol
cap 1
(kăp)n.
1. A usually soft and close-fitting head covering, either having no brim or with a visor.
2.
a. A special head covering worn to indicate rank, occupation, or membership in a particular group: a cardinal's cap; a sailor's cap.
b. An academic mortarboard. Used especially in the phrase cap and gown.
3.
a. A protective cover or seal, especially one that closes off an end or a tip: a bottle cap; a 35-millimeter lens cap.
b. A crown for covering or sealing a tooth.
c. A truck cap.
d. A tread for a worn pneumatic tire.
e. A fitted covering used to seal a well or large pipe.
f. Chiefly Southern US See eye.
4. A summit or top, as of a mountain.
5. An upper limit; a ceiling: placed a cap on mortgage rates.
6. Architecture The capital of a column.
7. Botany
a. The top part, or pileus, of a mushroom.
b. A calyptra.
8.
a. A percussion cap.
b. A small explosive charge enclosed in paper for use in a toy gun.
9. Any of several sizes of writing paper, such as foolscap.
10. Sports An appearance by a player in an international soccer game, traditionally rewarded with a hat.
tr.v. capped, cap·ping, caps
1. To cover, protect, or seal with a cap.
2. To award a special cap to as a sign of rank or achievement: capped the new women nurses at graduation.
3. To lie over or on top of; cover: hills capped with snow.
4. To apply the finishing touch to; complete: cap a meal with dessert.
5. To follow with something better; surpass or outdo: capped his last trick with a disappearing act that brought the audience to its feet.
6. To set an upper limit on: decided to cap cost-of-living increases.
cap in hand
Humbly or submissively.
set (one's) cap for
To attempt to attract and win as a mate.
[Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa.]
cap 2
(kăp) Informaltr.v. capped, cap·ping, caps
To capitalize.
cap 3
n. Informal
1. Capital: venture cap.
2. Capitalization: market cap.
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cap
(kæp)n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a covering for the head, esp a small close-fitting one made of cloth or knitted
2. such a covering serving to identify the wearer's rank, occupation, etc: a nurse's cap.
3. something that protects or covers, esp a small lid or cover: lens cap.
4. an uppermost surface or part: the cap of a wave.
5. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery)
b. a small amount of explosive enclosed in paper and used in a toy gun
6. (Team Sports, other than specified) sport chiefly
a. an emblematic hat or beret given to someone chosen for a representative team: he has won three England caps.
b. a player chosen for such a team
7. (Architecture) the upper part of a pedestal in a classical order
8. the roof of a windmill, sometimes in the form of a dome
9. (Botany) botany the pileus of a mushroom or toadstool
10. (Hunting) hunting
a. money contributed to the funds of a hunt by a follower who is neither a subscriber nor a farmer, in return for a day's hunting
b. a collection taken at a meet of hounds, esp for a charity
11. (Anatomy) anatomy
a. the natural enamel covering a tooth
b. an artificial protective covering for a tooth
12. (Gynaecology & Obstetrics) See Dutch cap2
13. (Economics) an upper financial limit
14. (Clothing & Fashion) a mortarboard when worn with a gown at an academic ceremony (esp in the phrase cap and gown)
15. (Education) a mortarboard when worn with a gown at an academic ceremony (esp in the phrase cap and gown)
16. (Physical Geography) meteorol
a. the cloud covering the peak of a mountain
b. the transient top of detached clouds above an increasing cumulus
17. cap in hand humbly, as when asking a favour
18. if the cap fits Brit the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person
19. set one's cap for set one's cap at (of a woman) to be determined to win as a spouse or lover
vb (tr) , caps, capping or capped
20. to cover, as with a cap: snow capped the mountain tops.
21. informal to outdo; excel: your story caps them all; to cap an anecdote.
22. to cap it all to provide the finishing touch: we had sun, surf, cheap wine, and to cap it all a free car.
23. (Team Sports, other than specified) sport Brit to select (a player) for a representative team: he was capped 30 times by Scotland.
24. (Mining & Quarrying) to seal off (an oil or gas well)
25. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to impose an upper limit on the level of increase of (a tax): rate-capping.
26. (Hunting) hunting to ask (hunt followers) for a cap
27. (Education) chiefly Scot and NZ to award a degree to
[Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa hood, perhaps from Latin caput head]
ˈcapper n
CAP
abbreviation for
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Common Agricultural Policy: (in the EU) the system for supporting farm incomes by maintaining agricultural prices at agreed levels
2. (Agriculture) Common Agricultural Policy: (in the EU) the system for supporting farm incomes by maintaining agricultural prices at agreed levels
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cap1
(kæp)n., v. capped, cap•ping. n.
1. a close-fitting covering for the head, usu. of soft, supple material and having no brim but sometimes having a visor.
2. a headdress denoting rank, occupation, religious order, or the like: a nurse's cap.
4. anything resembling a covering for the head in shape, use, or position: a bottle cap.
5. summit; top; acme.
6. a maximum limit, as one set by law or agreement on prices, wages, spending, etc.; ceiling.
7. the pileus of a mushroom.
9. a noise-making device for toy pistols, made of a small quantity of explosive wrapped in paper.
v.t.10. to provide or cover with or as if with a cap.
11. to complete.
12. to follow with something better; outdo: to cap one joke with another.
13. to serve as a cap, covering, or top to.
14. to put a maximum limit on (wages, spending, etc.).
Idioms:set one's cap for, to pursue as a lover or husband.
[before 1000; Middle English cappe, Old English cæppe < Late Latin cappa hooded cloak, cap]
cap2
(kæp)n., v. capped, cap•ping. n.
1. a capital letter.
2. Usu., caps. uppercase: Set the underlined in caps.
v.t.3. to write or print with a capital letter or letters; capitalize.
[1895–1900; by shortening]
cap3
(kæp)n.
a capsule, esp. of a narcotic drug.
[by shortening]
CAP
1. Civil Air Patrol.
2. computer-aided publishing.
cap.
1. capital.
2. capitalize.
3. capitalized.
4. capital letter.
5. chapter.
[< Latin capitulum, caput]
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cap
Past participle: capped
Gerund: capping
| Imperative |
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| cap |
| cap |
| Present |
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| I cap |
| you cap |
| he/she/it caps |
| we cap |
| you cap |
| they cap |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I capped |
| you capped |
| he/she/it capped |
| we capped |
| you capped |
| they capped |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am capping |
| you are capping |
| he/she/it is capping |
| we are capping |
| you are capping |
| they are capping |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have capped |
| you have capped |
| he/she/it has capped |
| we have capped |
| you have capped |
| they have capped |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was capping |
| you were capping |
| he/she/it was capping |
| we were capping |
| you were capping |
| they were capping |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had capped |
| you had capped |
| he/she/it had capped |
| we had capped |
| you had capped |
| they had capped |
| Future |
|---|
| I will cap |
| you will cap |
| he/she/it will cap |
| we will cap |
| you will cap |
| they will cap |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have capped |
| you will have capped |
| he/she/it will have capped |
| we will have capped |
| you will have capped |
| they will have capped |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be capping |
| you will be capping |
| he/she/it will be capping |
| we will be capping |
| you will be capping |
| they will be capping |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been capping |
| you have been capping |
| he/she/it has been capping |
| we have been capping |
| you have been capping |
| they have been capping |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been capping |
| you will have been capping |
| he/she/it will have been capping |
| we will have been capping |
| you will have been capping |
| they will have been capping |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been capping |
| you had been capping |
| he/she/it had been capping |
| we had been capping |
| you had been capping |
| they had been capping |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would cap |
| you would cap |
| he/she/it would cap |
| we would cap |
| you would cap |
| they would cap |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have capped |
| you would have capped |
| he/she/it would have capped |
| we would have capped |
| you would have capped |
| they would have capped |
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CAP
(Common Agricultural Policy) Subsidies from a central fund to farmers of countries belonging to the EC. Controversial, it led to so-called butter mountains and wine lakes through overproduction in these areas.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  cap - a tight-fitting headdress balaclava, balaclava helmet - a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face Balmoral, bluebonnet - a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side baseball cap, golf cap, jockey cap - a cap with a bill bathing cap, swimming cap - a tight-fitting cap that keeps hair dry while swimming beret - a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth biggin - a child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin berretta, biretta, birretta - a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy calpac, calpack, kalpac - a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus coxcomb, cockscomb - a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red coonskin, coonskin cap - a raccoon cap with the tail hanging down the back earflap, earlap - one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm tarboosh, fez - a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown garrison cap, overseas cap - a wedge-shaped wool or cotton cap; worn as part of a uniform Glengarry - a Scottish cap with straight sides and a crease along the top from front to back; worn by Highlanders as part of military dress kalansuwa - a cap that is wrapped around by a turban and worn by Muslim religious elders kepi, peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap - a cap with a flat circular top and a visor liberty cap - close-fitting conical cap worn as a symbol of liberty during the French Revolution and in the U.S. before 1800 mobcap - large high frilly cap with a full crown; formerly worn indoors by women mortarboard - an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top nightcap - a cloth cap worn in bed pinner - a woman's cap with two long flaps pinned on sailor cap - a cap worn by sailors shower cap - a tight cap worn to keep hair dry while showering ski cap, stocking cap, toboggan cap - a close-fitting woolen cap; often has a tapering tail with a tassel skullcap - rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head tam, tam-o'-shanter, tammy - a woolen cap of Scottish origin watch cap - a knitted dark blue wool cap worn by seamen in cold or stormy weather wishing cap - a magical cap that secures whatever one wishes for |
| 2. | cap - a top (as for a bottle) bottlecap - a cap that seals a bottle nipple - a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier radiator cap - cap on the opening in the top of a radiator through which a coolant liquid can be added cover, top - covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container); "he removed the top of the carton"; "he couldn't get the top off of the bottle"; "put the cover back on the kettle" | |
| 3. |  cap - a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosiveblasting cap - a small tube filled with detonating substances; used to detonate high explosives explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy percussion cap - a detonator that explodes when struck | |
| 4. | cap - something serving as a cover or protection distributor cap - the cap of the distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the spark plugs collet, ferrule - a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting hubcap - cap that fits over the hub of a wheel lens cap, lens cover - cap used to keep lens free of dust when not in use protective cover, protective covering, protection - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors" thimble - a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container | |
| 5. |  cap - a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroomfungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus | |
| 6. | cap - a protective covering that is part of a plant plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion covering, natural covering, cover - a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" | |
| 7. | cap - an upper limit on what is allowed; "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they established a cap for prices" control - the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.; "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls" glass ceiling - a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions | |
| 8. | cap - (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown" dental appliance - a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth dental medicine, dentistry, odontology - the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth | |
| 9. | cap - the upper part of a column that supports the entablature pillar, column - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure top - the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page" | |
| Verb | 1. | cap - lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains" lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position |
| 2. | cap - restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club" circumscribe, confine, limit - restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" |
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cap
verb
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cap
nounverb2. To extend over the surface of:
3. To reach or bring to a climax:
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Translations
سَدّادَةُ قَنّينَهقُبَّعَةقُبَّعَةٌ ذات حافَّةٍقُبَّعّةٌ ذات حافّةٍ
čapkačepicevíčkovíkočepec
kaskethætte
ĉapo
lakkimaaottelunallitikkukirjainvirkalakki
kapa
sapkakupak
hettahetta, lokhúfa
縁なし帽子
모자
apdengtasdangteliskepuraitėkepurė
aizbāzniscepurecepurīteuzmavavāks
čapicačiapka
čepicapokrivalozamašek
kepsmössa
หมวกที่มีกระบังหน้า
mũ lưỡi trai
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CAP
[ˌsiːeɪˈpiː] n abbr (=Common Agricultural Policy) → PAC f
cap
[ˈkæp]
n
(British) (= contraceptive) (also Dutch cap) → diaphragme m
(SPORT) to win an England cap → être sélectionné(e) dans l'équipe d'Angleterre
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CAP
abbr of Common Agricultural Policy gemeinsame Agrarpolitik der EG, → GAP f
cap
1
n
(= hat) → Mütze f; (= soldier’s cap also) → Käppi nt; (= nurse’s cap) → Haube f; (Jur, Univ) → Barett nt; (for swimming) → Bademütze or -kappe f; (of jester) → Kappe f; (of cardinal) → Hut m; (= skullcap) → Käppchen nt; cap in hand → kleinlaut; if the cap fits(, wear it) (Brit prov) → wem die Jacke passt (, → der soll sie sich (dat) → anziehen); cap and bells → Schellenkappe f; in cap and gown → mit Doktorhut und Talar
(= lid, cover, of bottle) → Verschluss m, → Deckel m; (of fountain pen) → (Verschluss)kappe f; (of valve) → Kappe f; (Mil: of shell, fuse) → Kapsel f; (Aut: = petrol cap, radiator cap) → Verschluss m
(= contraceptive) → Pessar nt
(= explosive) → Platzpatrone f; (for toy gun) → Zündplättchen nt
(of mushroom) → Hut m
cap
2
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cap
(kӕp) noun1. a hat with a peak. a chauffeur's cap.
2. a covering for the head, not with a peak. a swimming cap; a nurse's cap.
3. a cover or top (of a bottle, pen etc). Replace the cap after you've finished with the pen.
capped adjectivehaving a cap or covering. snow-capped mountains.
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cap
→ قُبَّعَة čapka kasket Mütze κασκέτο gorra lakki casquette kapa berretto 縁なし帽子 모자 hoofddeksel skyggelue czapka boné кепка keps หมวกที่มีกระบังหน้า kep mũ lưỡi trai 帽子Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cap
n (of a bottle) tapa; (of a needle) capuchón m; (dent) corona (esp. una del color del diente); (head covering) gorro; shower — gorro de baño; cervical — capuchón m cervical; safety — tapa de seguridad; surgical o scrub — gorro quirúrgico
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