cap
/kæp/ verb C2- To cover or seal with a cap.
- To award a cap as a mark of distinction.
- To lie over or on top of something.
- To paint over someone else's piece or tag.
- To surpass or outdo.
- To set (or reach) an upper limit on something. · to cap wages
- To conclude; to make something even more wonderful at the end. · That really capped my day.
- To select a player to play for a specified side.
He/she/it caps · Past capped · Past participle capped · -ing form capping
Verb forms
- Base form
- cap
- He/she/it
- caps
- Past
- capped
- Past participle
- capped
- -ing form
- capping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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As for the little old woman, she took off her cap and balanced the point on the end of her nose, while she counted “One, two, three” in a solemn voice.
At once the cap changed to a slate, on which was written in big, white chalk marks:
So the Wicked Witch took the Golden Cap from her cupboard and placed it upon her head.
Her bees and her crows and her wolves were lying in heaps and drying up, and she had used up all the power of the Golden Cap; but if she could only get hold of the Silver Shoes, they would give her more power than all the other things she had lost.
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