CAP


Meaning of CAP in English

cap 1

— capless , adj.

/kap/ , n. , v. , capped, capping .

n.

1. a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim.

2. a brimless head covering with a visor, as a baseball cap.

3. mobcap.

4. a headdress denoting rank, occupation, religious order, or the like: a nurse's cap.

5. mortarboard (def. 2).

6. Math. the symbol (like an inverted U), used to indicate the intersection of two sets. Cf. intersection (def. 3a).

7. anything resembling or suggestive of a covering for the head in shape, use, or position: a cap on a bottle.

8. summit; top; acme.

9. a maximum limit, as one set by law or agreement on prices, wages, spending, etc., during a certain period of time; ceiling: a 9 percent cap on pay increases for this year.

10. Mycol. the pileus of a mushroom.

11. Bot. calyptra (def. 1).

12. Mining. a short, horizontal beam at the top of a prop for supporting part of a roof.

13. a percussion cap.

14. Brit. Sports. a selection for a representative team, usually for a national squad.

15. a noise-making device for toy pistols, made of a small quantity of explosive wrapped in paper or other thin material.

16. Naut. a fitting of metal placed over the head of a spar, as a mast or bowsprit, and having a collar for securing an additional spar.

17. a new tread applied to a worn pneumatic tire.

18. Archit. a capital.

19. Carpentry. a metal plate placed over the iron of a plane to break the shavings as they rise.

20. Fox Hunting. See capping fee .

21. Chiefly Brit. Slang. a contraceptive diaphragm.

22. cap in hand , humbly; in supplication: He went to his father cap in hand and begged his forgiveness.

23. set one's cap for , to pursue as being a potential mate.

v.t.

24. to provide or cover with or as if with a cap.

25. to complete.

26. follow up with something as good or better; surpass; outdo: to cap one joke with another.

27. to serve as a cap, covering, or top to; overlie.

28. to put a maximum limit on (prices, wages, spending, etc.).

29. Brit. Sports. to select (a player) for a representative team.

v.i.

30. Fox Hunting. to hunt with a hunting club of which one is not a member, on payment of a capping fee.

[ bef. 1000; ME cappe, OE caeppe cappa hooded cloak, cap; cf. CAPE ]

cap 2

/kap/ , n. , v. , capped, capping .

n.

1. a capital letter.

2. Usually, caps . uppercase: Please set the underlined in caps.

v.t.

3. to write or print in capital letters, or make an initial letter a capital; capitalize.

[ 1895-1900; by shortening ]

cap 3

/kap/ , n. Slang.

a capsule, esp. of a narcotic drug.

[ by shortening of CAPSULE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .