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cap 1 C0080100 (kăp)n.1. A usually soft and close-fitting head covering, either having no brim or with a visor.2. a. A special head covering worn to indicate rank, occupation, or membership in a particular group: a cardinal's cap; a sailor's cap.b. An academic mortarboard. Used especially in the phrase cap and gown.3. a. A protective cover or seal, especially one that closes off an end or a tip: a bottle cap; a 35-millimeter lens cap.b. A crown for covering or sealing a tooth.c. A truck cap.d. A tread for a worn pneumatic tire.e. A fitted covering used to seal a well or large pipe.f. Chiefly Southern US See eye.4. A summit or top, as of a mountain.5. An upper limit; a ceiling: placed a cap on mortgage rates.6. Architecture The capital of a column.7. Botany a. The top part, or pileus, of a mushroom.b. A calyptra.8. a. A percussion cap.b. A small explosive charge enclosed in paper for use in a toy gun.9. Any of several sizes of writing paper, such as foolscap.10. Sports An appearance by a player in an international soccer game, traditionally rewarded with a hat.tr.v. capped, cap·ping, caps 1. To cover, protect, or seal with a cap.2. To award a special cap to as a sign of rank or achievement: capped the new women nurses at graduation.3. To lie over or on top of; cover: hills capped with snow.4. To apply the finishing touch to; complete: cap a meal with dessert.5. To follow with something better; surpass or outdo: capped his last trick with a disappearing act that brought the audience to its feet.6. To set an upper limit on: decided to cap cost-of-living increases.Idioms: cap in hand Humbly or submissively. set (one's) cap for To attempt to attract and win as a mate.
[Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa.]
cap 2 C0080100 (kăp) Informal n. A capital letter.tr.v. capped, cap·ping, caps To capitalize.
[Shortened form of capital.]
cap 3n. Informal 1. Capital: venture cap.2. Capitalization: market cap.
CAPabbr.1. Civil Air Patrol2. combat air patrolcap in hand
cap in handA phrase used to describe a request for help, often monetary, that is made with embarrassment. My daughter recently came cap in hand for help paying her rent.See also: cap, handcap in handsee under hat in hand. See also: cap, handcap in hand humbly asking for a favour. To have your cap in your hand, and therefore to have your head uncovered, is a mark of respect and also of subordination. The idea of a cap as a begging bowl into which coins can be dropped may also be present. A North American version of this expression is hat in hand .See also: cap, hand cap in hand Humbly or submissively.See also: cap, handEncyclopediaSeeCAPMedicalSeecapFinancialSeeCap |