cap

cap¹ S3 [kæp] n

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1¦(hat)¦

2¦(covering)¦

3¦(limit)¦

4¦(sport)¦

5¦(small explosive)¦

6¦(sex)¦

7 go cap in hand (to somebody)

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[Date: 900-1000; : Late Latin; Origin: cappa 'covering for the head, cloak', perhaps from Latin caput 'head']

1.) ¦(HAT)¦

a) a type of flat hat that has a curved part sticking out at the front, and is often worn as part of a uniform

▪ a baseball cap

▪ old men in flat caps

▪ a chauffeur's peaked cap

b) a covering that fits very closely to your head

▪ a swimming cap

▪ a shower cap

c) a type of simple hat that fits very closely to your head, worn especially by women in the past

▪ a white lace cap

↑cap, ↑nib

2.) ¦(COVERING)¦

a protective covering that you put on the end or top of an object

= ↑top

▪ Make sure you put the cap back on the pen.

▪ a bottle cap

3.) ¦(LIMIT)¦

an upper limit that is put on the amount of money that someone can earn, spend, or borrow

▪ a cap on local council spending

4.) ¦(SPORT)¦

BrE

a) if a sports person wins a cap or is given a cap, he or she is chosen to play for their country

▪ He won his first England cap against Wales in 1994.

b) a sports person who has played for his or her country

▪ Mason is one of two new caps in the team.

5.) ¦(SMALL EXPLOSIVE)¦

a small paper container with explosive inside it, used especially in toy guns

6.) ¦(SEX)¦

a ↑contraceptive made of a round piece of rubber that a woman puts inside her ↑vagina

= ↑diaphragm

7.) go cap in hand (to sb)

BrE go hat in hand AmE

to ask for money or help in a very respectful way, from someone who has a lot more power than you

▪ Elderly people should receive a heating allowance every winter, instead of having to go cap in hand to the government.

→↑flat cap, ↑ice cap, ↑knee cap, ↑mob cap, ↑skull cap, ↑toecap,a feather in your cap at ↑feather¹ (2), if the cap fits (, wear it) at ↑fit¹ (8), put your thinking cap on at ↑thinking¹ (3)

cap ²

cap² past tense and past participle capped present participle capping

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1¦(cover)¦

2¦(limit)¦

3¦(good/bad)¦

4 be capped by something

5¦(sport)¦

6 to cap it all (off)

7 snow-capped, white-capped etc

8¦(tooth)¦

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1.) ¦(COVER)¦

be capped with sth

to have a particular substance on top

▪ a graceful tower capped with a golden dome

▪ magnificent cliffs capped by lovely wild flowers

2.) ¦(LIMIT)¦ [often passive]

to limit the amount of something, especially money, that can be used, allowed, or spent

▪ the only county to have its spending capped by the government

3.) ¦(GOOD/BAD)¦

to say, do, or be something that is better, worse, or more extreme than something that has just happened or been said

▪ Well, we went three nights with no sleep at all. I bet you can't cap that!

4.) be capped by sth

to have something very good or very bad at the end of an event

▪ a fabulous weekend, capped by dinner in the Times Square Hotel

5.) ¦(SPORT)¦ [usually passive]

BrE to choose someone for a national sports team

▪ He's been capped three times for England.

6.) to cap it all (off)

BrE spoken used before a statement to say that something is the last in a series of annoying, unpleasant, or funny events

▪ To cap it all, the phones didn't work, and there was no hot water.

7.) snow-capped, white-capped etc

with snow on top, with white on top etc

▪ snow-capped mountains

8.) ¦(TOOTH)¦

to cover a tooth with a special hard white substance

▪ He's had his teeth capped.