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Word: Cap
Speech Type: Noun
Old English cæppe ‘hood’, from late Latin cappa, perhaps from Latin caput ‘head’
ˈkap
a kind of soft, flat hat, typically with a peak
Short Definition:hat
Examples:- a man wearing a raincoat and a flat cap
- her cap of dark hair
a protective lid or cover for an object such as a bottle, the point of a pen, or a camera lens
Short Definition:lid or cover
Examples:- a glass bottle with a screw cap
- a lens cap from a camera
an upper limit imposed on spending or borrowing
Short Definition:upper limit
Examples:- he raised the cap on local authority spending
a contraceptive diaphragm.
Short Definition:contraceptive
the broad upper part of the fruiting body of most mushrooms and toadstools, at the top of a stem and bearing gills or pores.
Short Definition:top of mushroom or toadstool
explosive
Word: Cap
Speech Type: Verb
ˈkap
put a lid or cover on
Short Definition:cover
Examples:- he capped his pen
provide a fitting climax or conclusion to
Short Definition:be climax of
Examples:- he capped a memorable season by becoming champion of champions
place a limit or restriction on (prices, expenditure, or borrowing)
Short Definition:put limit on
Examples:- council budgets will be capped
be chosen as a member of a particular sports team, especially a national one
Short Definition:choose for team
Examples:- he was capped ten times by England
confer a university degree on.
Short Definition:give academic degree to
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