CAP
\kˈap], \kˈap], \k_ˈa_p]\
Definitions of CAP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a top (as for a bottle)
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something serving as a cover or protection
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restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club"
By Princeton University
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a top (as for a bottle)
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something serving as a cover or protection
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a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to fire an explosive charge
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restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys
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One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants
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One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
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The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
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A respectful uncovering of the head.
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The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
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Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use
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The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.
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Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
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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.
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A percussion cap. See under Percussion.
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The removable cover of a journal box.
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A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
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A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.
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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.
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To deprive of cap.
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To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.
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To salute by removing the cap.
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To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs.
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To uncover the head respectfully.
By Oddity Software
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One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys
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One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants
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One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
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The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
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A respectful uncovering of the head.
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The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
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Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use
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The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.
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Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
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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.
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A percussion cap. See under Percussion.
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The removable cover of a journal box.
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A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
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A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.
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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.
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To deprive of cap.
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To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.
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To salute by removing the cap.
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To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs.
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To uncover the head respectfully.
By Noah Webster.
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A covering for the head, usually without a brim; anything resembling such a head-covering; a small copper or brass shell used in exploding gun powder.
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Capped.
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Capping.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A covering for the head: a cover: the top.
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To put on a cap: to cover the end or top:-pr.p. capping; pa.p. capped.
By Daniel Lyons
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To put a cap on; cover; crown; excel.
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To doff the cap, as in salutation.
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A covering without a brim, to be worn upon the head; a covering at the top or end of anything.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Of a lymph follicle, the bluntly conical end which projects toward or into the lumen of the part in which it is situated, or the epithelial and adenoid tissue covering the conical end.
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In dentistry, to cover an exposed pulp with cement to prevent pressure from a filling.
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Of the cerebral peduncle, see tegmentum.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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