cap
verb/kæp/
/kæp/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they cap | /kæp/ /kæp/ |
| he / she / it caps | /kæps/ /kæps/ |
| past simple capped | /kæpt/ /kæpt/ |
| past participle capped | /kæpt/ /kæpt/ |
| -ing form capping | /ˈkæpɪŋ/ /ˈkæpɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to cover the top or end of something with something
- capped (with something) mountains capped with snow
- snow-capped mountains
- [often passive] (especially British English) to limit the amount of money that can be charged for something or spent on something
- be capped (by somebody/something) Council expenditure could be capped by the government.
- a capped mortgage
- be capped at something The total annual fee is capped at 1.5 per cent.
- cap something We will continue to cap local government spending where necessary.
- cap something (especially British English) to say or do something that is funnier, more impressive, etc. than something that has been said or done before
- What an amazing story. Can anyone cap that?
- She capped her previous performance by winning five games in a row.
- [usually passive] to put an artificial layer on a tooth to protect it or make it look more attractive synonym crown
- have something/be capped I've had my front teeth capped.
- [usually passive] (British English) to choose somebody to play in their country’s national team for a particular sport
- be capped He has been capped more than 30 times for Wales.
cover top
limit money
beat
tooth
in sport
Word OriginOld English cæppe ‘hood’, from late Latin cappa, perhaps from Latin caput ‘head’.
Idioms
See cap in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee cap in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishto cap/top it all
- (informal) used to introduce the final piece of information that is worse than the other bad things that you have just mentioned
- And then, to cap it all, it started to rain!
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