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cape

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1. cape - Noun

2. cape - Verb

3. Cape - Proper noun

Meaning

A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.

To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south.

A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak.

To gape.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I'm one-hundred-fifty miles off Cape Horn, both autopilots are broken, and my boat is drifting toward one of the nastiest chunks of ocean on the face of the earth. Abby Sunderland

As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats. And a partnership, by definition, serves both partners, without domination or unfair advantage. Together we have been partners in adversity - let us also be partners in prosperity. John F. Kennedy

The allurement that [women] hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras holds out to sailors: they are enormously dangerous and hence enormously fascinating. H. L. Mencken

Remember when you're young and you think your dad is Superman? And then you grow up and realized he's just a drunk who wears a cape. Dave Attell

Don't despise a man under a cape nor a woman in tatters. Sicilian Proverb

An ape is ne'er so like an ape; As when he wears a doctor's cape. Traditional Proverb

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