ALL meanings of cap
cap
C c - verb cap If you cap one thing with another, you put the other thing on top. 3
- verb cap If someone says that a good or bad event caps a series of events, they mean it is the final event in the series, and the other events were also good or bad. 3
- verb cap If someone's teeth are capped, covers are fixed over them so that they look better. 3
- countable noun cap A cap is a small amount of explosive that is wrapped in paper. Caps are often used in toy guns. 3
- noun cap a covering for the head, esp a small close-fitting one made of cloth or knitted 3
- noun cap such a covering serving to identify the wearer's rank, occupation, etc 3
- noun cap something that protects or covers, esp a small lid or cover 3
- noun cap an uppermost surface or part 3
- noun cap a small amount of explosive enclosed in paper and used in a toy gun 3
- noun cap an emblematic hat or beret given to someone chosen for a representative team 3
- noun cap a player chosen for such a team 3
- noun cap the upper part of a pedestal in a classical order 3
- noun cap the roof of a windmill, sometimes in the form of a dome 3
- noun cap the pileus of a mushroom or toadstool 3
- noun cap money contributed to the funds of a hunt by a follower who is neither a subscriber nor a farmer, in return for a day's hunting 3
- noun cap a collection taken at a meet of hounds, esp for a charity 3
- noun cap the natural enamel covering a tooth 3
- noun cap an artificial protective covering for a tooth 3
- noun cap an upper financial limit 3
- noun cap a mortarboard when worn with a gown at an academic ceremony (esp in the phrase cap and gown) 3
- noun cap the cloud covering the peak of a mountain 3
- noun cap the transient top of detached clouds above an increasing cumulus 3
- verb cap to cover, as with a cap 3
- verb cap to outdo; excel 3
- verb cap to select (a player) for a representative team 3
- verb cap to seal off (an oil or gas well) 3
- verb cap to impose an upper limit on the level of increase of (a tax) 3
- verb cap to ask (hunt followers) for a cap 3
- verb cap to award a degree to 3
- abbreviation CAP Common Agricultural Policy: (in the EU) the system for supporting farm incomes by maintaining agricultural prices at agreed levels 3
- abbreviation CAP capital 3
- abbreviation CAP capitalize 3
- abbreviation CAP capitalization 3
- abbreviation CAP capital letter 3
- abbreviation CAP Civil Air Patrol 3
- noun cap any closefitting head covering, brimless or with only a front visor, and made of wool, cotton, etc., as a baseball cap or overseas cap, or of muslin or lace, as a nurse's or baby's cap 3
- noun cap a special covering for the head, worn as a mark of occupation, rank, academic degree, etc. 3
- noun cap mortarboard (sense 2) 3
- noun cap a caplike part or thing; cover or top, as the cap-shaped part of a mushroom, a small metal cover for a bottle, the cover over a camera lens or other projecting or end part, a kneecap, an artificial crown for a tooth, a mountain top, or the capital of a column 3
- noun cap percussion cap 3
- noun cap a little paper percussion cap for toy guns (cap guns) 3
- noun cap an upper limit set on a budget, cost, etc.; ceiling 3
- verb transitive cap to put a cap on 3
- verb transitive cap to present ceremonially with a special cap, as at a graduation 3
- verb transitive cap to cover the top or end of; form a cap 3
- verb transitive cap to do as well as or better than; equal or excel 3
- verb transitive cap to follow with another that is equivalent or better than; match 3
- verb transitive cap to bring to a high point, as of interest or excitement; climax 3
- verb transitive cap to set a cap, or upper limit, for 3
- abbreviation CAP capacity 3