Definition of Cap

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Definition of Cap

Cap

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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Cap Quotations

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.
John F. Kennedy

My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France.
Diane von Furstenberg

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.
Victor Hugo

I'm not eager to jump into marriage again. I'm in the corner right now, wearing my dunce cap. That area is obviously a nightmare.
Lisa Marie Presley

You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day.
Tommy Shaw

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

There would not be enough talent that's educated, developed and ready to take on the next leadership challenge, and it would cap our growth. Now we've put programs in place not to have that happen, but that could be a weakness.
Kevin Rollins

After I had been working as a cap maker for three years it began to dawn on me that we girls needed an organization. The men had organized already, and had gained some advantages, but the bosses had lost nothing, as they took it out on us.
Rose Schneiderman

Basically, they had asked me if I would shave my head or wear a bald cap. I said look, if you are doing a series for five years I would want to shave my hair because I would go bald with all the gum and glue from the bald cap.
Persis Khambatta

Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.
James Weldon Johnson

Cap Translations

cap in Afrikaans is pet
cap in Danish is hue, kasket
cap in Dutch is pet
cap in Italian is cappa, berretto, coprire, tappo
cap in Spanish is tapar, tapador, tapadero, gorro, gorra

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