CAPabbr.
1. Civil Air Patrol
2. combat air patrolcap 1 (kăp)n.
1. A usually soft and close-fitting head covering, either hing 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 (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.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.cap (kæp) n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a covering for the head, esp a small close-fitting one made of cloth or knitted
2. such a covering serving to identify the wearer's rank, occupation, etc: a nurse's cap.
3. something that protects or covers, esp a small lid or cover: lens cap.
4. an uppermost surface or part: the cap of a we.
5. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery)
a. See percussion cap
b. a small amount of explosive enclosed in paper and used in a toy gun
6. (Team Sports, other than specified) sport chiefly
a. an emblematic hat or beret given to someone chosen for a representative team: he has won three England caps.
b. a player chosen for such a team
7. (Architecture) the upper part of a pedestal in a classical order
8. the roof of a windmill, sometimes in the form of a dome
9. (Botany) botany the pileus of a mushroom or toadstool
10. (Hunting) hunting
a. 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
b. a collection taken at a meet of hounds, esp for a charity
11. (Anatomy) anatomy
a. the natural enamel covering a tooth
b. an artificial protective covering for a tooth
12. (Gynaecology & Obstetrics) See Dutch cap2
13. (Economics) an upper financial limit
14. (Clothing & Fashion) a mortarboard when worn with a gown at an academic ceremony (esp in the phrase
cap and gown)
15. (Education) a mortarboard when worn with a gown at an academic ceremony (esp in the phrase
cap and gown)
16. (Physical Geography) meteorol
a. the cloud covering the peak of a mountain
b. the transient top of detached clouds above an increasing cumulus
17. cap in hand humbly, as when asking a four
18. if the cap fits Brit the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person
19. set one's cap for set one's cap at (of a woman) to be determined to win as a spouse or lovervb (tr) ,
caps,
capping or
capped20. to cover, as with a cap: snow capped the mountain tops.
21. informal to outdo; excel: your story caps them all; to cap an anecdote.
22. to cap it all to provide the finishing touch: we had sun, surf, cheap wine, and to cap it all a free car.
23. (Team Sports, other than specified) sport Brit to select (a player) for a representative team: he was capped 30 times by Scotland.
24. (Mining & Quarrying) to seal off (an oil or gas well)
25. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to impose an upper limit on the level of increase of (a tax): rate-capping.
26. (Hunting) hunting to ask (hunt followers) for a cap
27. (Education) chiefly Scot and NZ to award a degree to[Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa hood, perhaps from Latin caput head]
ˈcapper nCAP abbreviation for
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Common Agricultural Policy: (in the EU) the system for supporting farm incomes by maintaining agricultural prices at agreed levels
2. (Agriculture) Common Agricultural Policy: (in the EU) the system for supporting farm incomes by maintaining agricultural prices at agreed levels Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014cap1 (kæp)
n., v. capped, cap•ping. n.
1. a close-fitting covering for the head, usu. of soft, supple material and hing no brim but sometimes hing a visor.
2. a headdress denoting rank, occupation, religious order, or the like: a nurse's cap.
3. mortarboard (def. 2).
4. anything resembling a covering for the head in shape, use, or position: a bottle cap.
5. summit; top; acme.
6. a maximum limit, as one set by law or agreement on prices, wages, spending, etc.; ceiling.
7. the pileus of a mushroom.
8. percussion cap.
9. a noise-making device for toy pistols, made of a small quantity of explosive wrapped in paper. v.t.
10. to provide or cover with or as if with a cap.
11. to complete.
12. to follow with something better; outdo: to cap one joke with another.
13. to serve as a cap, covering, or top to.
14. to put a maximum limit on (wages, spending, etc.).
Idioms: set one's cap for, to pursue as a lover or husband. [before 1000; Middle English cappe, Old English cæppe < Late Latin cappa hooded cloak, cap] cap2 (kæp)
n., v. capped, cap•ping. n.
1. a capital letter.
2. Usu.,
caps. uppercase: Set the underlined in caps. v.t.
3. to write or print with a capital letter or letters; capitalize. [1895–1900; by shortening] cap3 (kæp)
n.
a capsule, esp. of a narcotic drug. [by shortening] CAP
1. Civil Air Patrol.
2. computer-aided publishing. cap.
1. capital.
2. capitalize.
3. capitalized.
4. capital letter.
5. chapter. [< Latin capitulum, caput] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.cap
Past participle: capped
Gerund: capping
ImperativecapcapPresentI capyou caphe/she/it capswe capyou capthey capPreteriteI cappedyou cappedhe/she/it cappedwe cappedyou cappedthey cappedPresent ContinuousI am cappingyou are cappinghe/she/it is cappingwe are cappingyou are cappingthey are cappingPresent PerfectI he cappedyou he cappedhe/she/it has cappedwe he cappedyou he cappedthey he cappedPast ContinuousI was cappingyou were cappinghe/she/it was cappingwe were cappingyou were cappingthey were cappingPast PerfectI had cappedyou had cappedhe/she/it had cappedwe had cappedyou had cappedthey had cappedFutureI will capyou will caphe/she/it will capwe will capyou will capthey will capFuture PerfectI will he cappedyou will he cappedhe/she/it will he cappedwe will he cappedyou will he cappedthey will he cappedFuture ContinuousI will be cappingyou will be cappinghe/she/it will be cappingwe will be cappingyou will be cappingthey will be cappingPresent Perfect ContinuousI he been cappingyou he been cappinghe/she/it has been cappingwe he been cappingyou he been cappingthey he been cappingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will he been cappingyou will he been cappinghe/she/it will he been cappingwe will he been cappingyou will he been cappingthey will he been cappingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been cappingyou had been cappinghe/she/it had been cappingwe had been cappingyou had been cappingthey had been cappingConditionalI would capyou would caphe/she/it would capwe would capyou would capthey would capPast ConditionalI would he cappedyou would he cappedhe/she/it would he cappedwe would he cappedyou would he cappedthey would he cappedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011CAP(Common Agricultural Policy) Subsidies from a central fund to farmers of countries belonging to the EC. Controversial, it led to so-called butter mountains and wine lakes through overproduction in these areas.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
