cap

[ kap ]

/ kæp /

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noun

a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim.

a brimless head covering with a visor, as a baseball cap.

mobcap.

a headdress denoting rank, occupation, religious order, or the like: a nurse's cap.

mortarboard(def 2).

Mathematics. the symbol ∩, used to indicate the intersection of two sets. Compare intersection(def 3a).

anything resembling or suggestive of a covering for the head in shape, use, or position: a cap on a bottle.

summit; top; acme.

a maximum limit, as one set by law or agreement on prices, wages, spending, etc., during a certain period of time; ceiling: a 9 percent cap on pay increases for this year.

Mycology. the pileus of a mushroom.

Botany. calyptra(def 1).

Mining. a short, horizontal beam at the top of a prop for supporting part of a roof.

a percussion cap.

British Sports. a selection for a representative team, usually for a national squad.

a noise-making device for toy pistols, made of a small quantity of explosive wrapped in paper or other thin material.

Nautical. a fitting of metal placed over the head of a spar, as a mast or bowsprit, and having a collar for securing an additional spar.

a new tread applied to a worn pneumatic tire.

Architecture. a capital.

Carpentry. a metal plate placed over the iron of a plane to break the shavings as they rise.

Fox Hunting. capping fee.

Chiefly British Slang. a contraceptive diaphragm.

verb (used with object), capped, cap·ping.

to provide or cover with or as if with a cap.

to complete.

follow up with something as good or better; surpass; outdo: to cap one joke with another.

to serve as a cap, covering, or top to; overlie.

to put a maximum limit on (prices, wages, spending, etc.).

British Sports. to select (a player) for a representative team.

verb (used without object), capped, cap·ping.

Fox Hunting. to hunt with a hunting club of which one is not a member, on payment of a capping fee.

Idioms for cap

cap in hand, humbly; in supplication: He went to his father cap in hand and begged his forgiveness.

set one's cap for, to pursue as being a potential mate.

Origin of cap

before 1000; Middle English cappe, Old English cæppe < Late Latin cappa hooded cloak, cap; cf. cape¹

OTHER WORDS FROM cap

cap·less, adjective

Words nearby cap

canzonet, canzonetta, cao yu, caodaism, caoutchouc, cap, cap and bells, cap and gown, cap cloud, cap gun, cap in hand

British Dictionary definitions for set one's cap for (1 of 2)

cap

/ (kæp) /

noun

a covering for the head, esp a small close-fitting one made of cloth or knitted

such a covering serving to identify the wearer's rank, occupation, etc a nurse's cap

something that protects or covers, esp a small lid or cover lens cap

an uppermost surface or part the cap of a wave

See percussion cap
a small amount of explosive enclosed in paper and used in a toy gun

sport, mainly British

an emblematic hat or beret given to someone chosen for a representative teamhe has won three England caps
a player chosen for such a team

the upper part of a pedestal in a classical order

the roof of a windmill, sometimes in the form of a dome

botany the pileus of a mushroom or toadstool

hunting

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
a collection taken at a meet of hounds, esp for a charity

anatomy

the natural enamel covering a tooth
an artificial protective covering for a tooth

See Dutch cap (def. 2)

an upper financial limit

a mortarboard when worn with a gown at an academic ceremony (esp in the phrase cap and gown)

meteorol

the cloud covering the peak of a mountain
the transient top of detached clouds above an increasing cumulus

cap in hand humbly, as when asking a favour

if the cap fits British the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person

set one's cap for or set one's cap at (of a woman) to be determined to win as a husband or lover

verb caps, capping or capped (tr)

to cover, as with a cap snow capped the mountain tops

informal to outdo; excel your story caps them all; to cap an anecdote

to cap it all to provide the finishing touch we had sun, surf, cheap wine, and to cap it all a free car

sport, British to select (a player) for a representative team he was capped 30 times by Scotland

to seal off (an oil or gas well)

to impose an upper limit on the level of increase of (a tax, such as the council tax) rate-capping

hunting to ask (hunt followers) for a cap

mainly Scot and NZ to award a degree to

Derived forms of cap

capper, noun

Word Origin for cap

Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa hood, perhaps from Latin caput head

British Dictionary definitions for set one's cap for (2 of 2)

CAP

abbreviation for

Common Agricultural Policy: (in the EU) the system for supporting farm incomes by maintaining agricultural prices at agreed levels

Medical definitions for set one's cap for (1 of 2)

cap

[ kăp ]

n.

A protective cover or seal, especially one that closes off an end or a tip and that resembles a close-fitting head covering.

Medical definitions for set one's cap for (2 of 2)

CAP

abbr.

catabolite gene activator protein

Idioms and Phrases with set one's cap for (1 of 2)

set one's cap for

Pursue someone romantically, as in We all thought Anne had set her cap for Joe, but we were wrong. In the 1700s this term, which may have alluded to donning one's best headgear, was applied to members of either sex, but by the early 1800s it generally described a woman chasing a man. It is probably obsolescent.

Idioms and Phrases with set one's cap for (2 of 2)

cap

In addition to the idioms beginning with cap

cap and gown
cap in hand
cap it all

also see:

feather in one's cap
hat (cap) in hand
if the shoe (cap) fits, wear it
put on one's thinking cap
set one's cap for

Also see underhat.

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verb (used without object), capped, cap·ping.

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cap

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verb (used with object), capped, cap·ping.

verb (used without object), capped, cap·ping.

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