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—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 < LL cappa hooded cloak, cap; cf. CAPE]cap2/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]cap3/kap/, n. Slang.a capsule, esp. of a narcotic drug.[by shortening of CAPSULE]
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