Cap
[kæp]
Definition
(noun.) a tight-fitting headdress.
(noun.) a top (as for a bottle).
(noun.) something serving as a cover or protection.
(noun.) a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom.
(verb.) restrict the number or amount of; 'We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club'.
(verb.) lie at the top of; 'Snow capped the mountains'.
Checker: Paulette--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A covering for the head
(n.) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys
(n.) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants
(n.) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
(n.) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
(n.) A respectful uncovering of the head.
(n.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
(n.) Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use
(n.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.
(n.) Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
(n.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
(n.) A percussion cap. See under Percussion.
(n.) The removable cover of a journal box.
(n.) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
(n.) A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.
(v. t.) To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.
(v. t.) To deprive of cap.
(v. t.) To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.
(v. t.) To salute by removing the cap.
(v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs.
(v. i.) To uncover the head respectfully.
Typist: Sophie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Crown, complete, finish.[2]. Exceed, surpass, transcend, overtop.
Editor: Simon
Definition
n. a woman's head-dress of muslin or the like: a boy's head-dress any kind of unbrimmed covering for the head: a cap-like covering of any kind: a cover: the top.—v.t. to put on a cap as the official cap of a degree in some colleges: to outdo or surpass: to cover the end or top: to raise the cap in token of respect:—pr.p. cap′ping; pa.p. capped.—n. Cap′-case a small travelling-case a chest.—Cap and bells the characteristic marks of a professional jester; Cap a story quotation verse &c. to follow one up with another or with its proper continuation or conclusion; Cap in hand symbolic of reverence or submission; Cap of liberty or Phrygian bonnet the conical cap given to a Roman slave on enfranchisement now the symbol of republicanism; Cap of maintenance (see Maintenance).—A feather in one's cap something giving distinction: something to be proud of.—Black cap that put on by the judge before pronouncing sentence of death; College cap the so-called square mortarboard or trencher-cap worn at English colleges.—Percussion cap a small copper cylinder closed at one end for conveniently holding the detonating powder which is exploded by the act of percussion in percussion-arms.—Set one's cap at of a woman to set herself to captivate a man's fancy.—The cap fits the allusion hits or suits; Throw up one's cap in token of immoderate joy.
n. a wooden drinking-bowl with two handles.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
For a woman to dream of seeing a cap, she will be invited to take part in some festivity. For a girl to dream that she sees her sweetheart with a cap on, denotes that she will be bashful and shy in his presence. To see a prisoner's cap, denotes that your courage is failing you in time of danger. To see a miner's cap, you will inherit a substantial competency.
To dream of a cotton cap is a good dream, denoting many sincere friends.
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Examples
- He held his cap in his hand and looked at the elderly nurse. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He stooped a little, and with his tattered blue cap pointed under the carriage. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- You didn't think your Cap'n was a-goin' to dig with a shovel, did you? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She put on a night-cap and gown. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- La, Mr. Pickwick,' said Mrs. Bardell, the crimson rising to her cap- border again. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Take your cap off. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It was between ten and eleven o'clock when Mrs. Micawber rose to replace her cap in the whitey-brown paper parcel, and to put on her bonnet. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He once said that he was educated in a university where all the students belonged to families of the aristocracy; and the highest class in the university all wore little red caps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The embodiment of such compounds in the little copper caps was made about 1818, and has been claimed by various parties. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- If any thing could increase her delight, it was perceiving that the baby would soon have outgrown its first set of caps. Jane Austen. Emma.
- They fight with bows and arrows and a short spear: they go into battle wearing trousers and having caps on their heads. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They put on their night-caps and pull down the blinds. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I've worked sometimes whole afternoons, trimming her caps, and getting her ready to go to a party. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I wonder if I shall ever be happy enough to have real lace on my clothes and bows on my caps? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A ghostly shade, frilled and night-capped, follows the law-stationer to the room he came from and glides higher up. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They are very thick, and are often plastered and whitewashed and capped with projecting slabs of cut stone. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To strengthen the joint, the hollow screw-hole end is capped with an ivory ferule sunk flush with the surface. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When we reach the Arctic regions, or snow-capped summits, or absolute deserts, the struggle for life is almost exclusively with the elements. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- What he now saw was a valley, surrounded by high mountains capped with snow. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- There was a high dome-capped mountain on the other shore a way ahead. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- This end is capped with an ivory ferule and upon the top of the latter, the leather tip is glued. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Edited by Edith