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Pronunciation: (kap), [key]
n., v., capped, cap•ping.

3. mobcap.
5. mortarboard (def. 2).
6. Math.the symbol ∩, used to indicate the intersection of two sets. Cf. intersection (def. 3a).
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.
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.

2. to complete.
3. follow up with something as good or better; surpass; outdo: to cap one joke with another.
4. to serve as a cap, covering, or top to; overlie.
6. Brit. Sports.to select (a player) for a representative team.

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


Pronunciation: (kap), [key]
n., v., capped, cap•ping.

1. a capital letter.
2. Usually, caps. uppercase: Please set the underlined in caps.



Pronunciation: (kap), [key]
n. Slang.
a capsule, esp. of a narcotic drug.


1. See Civil Air Patrol.
2. Common Agricultural Policy: a coordinated system established in 1960 by the European Economic Community for stabilizing prices of farm products of its member countries.
3. computer-aided publishing.
4. Stock Exchange.convertible adjustable preferred (stock). Also,C.A.P. (for defs. 1, 2, 4).


1. capacity.
2. (in prescriptions) let the patient take.
3. capital.
4. capitalize.
5. capitalized.
6. capital letter.
7. chapter.
8. foolscap.


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See also:
  • cap (Thesaurus)


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