cap

Speech parts

1. cap - Noun

2. cap - Verb

3. Cap - Proper noun

Meaning

A covering for the head

One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys

One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants

One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.

The top, or uppermost part; the chief.

A respectful uncovering of the head.

The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.

Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use

The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.

Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.

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.

A percussion cap. See under Percussion.

The removable cover of a journal box.

A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.

A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.

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.

To deprive of cap.

To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.

To salute by removing the cap.

To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs.

To uncover the head respectfully.

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Examples

A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay, A cap by night, a stocking all the day. Oliver Goldsmith

Perseus wore a magic cap that the monsters he hunted down might not see him. We draw the magic cap down over eyes and ears as a make-believe that there are no monsters. Karl Marx

A salute from this corner to President Bush for saying he was willing to investigate raising or eliminating the cap on salaries subject to the Social Security tax. Nick Clooney

Not wearing a high cap of someone. Dutch Proverb

Cap in hand never did any harm. Italian Proverb

The dreaming man makes excuses for his inaction and places a fools cap on his head. Moroccan Proverb

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