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word cap
definition
noun
A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak.
...a dark-blue baseball cap.
A cap is a special hat which is worn as part of a uniform .
...a frontier guard in olive-grey uniform and a peaked cap.
If a sports player represents their country in a team game such as football, rugby, or cricket, you can say that they have been awarded a cap .
He will win his first cap for Wales in Sunday's Test match against Australia.
You can refer to someone who is representing their country for the first time in a team game such as football, rugby, or cricket, as a new cap .
New Zealand - who have one new cap - won last year's fixture 29-9.
The cap of a bottle is its lid.
She unscrewed the cap of her water bottle and gave him a drink.
A cap is a circular rubber device that a woman places inside her vagina to prevent herself from becoming pregnant .
A cap is a small amount of explosive that is wrapped in paper. Caps are often used in toy guns.
verb
If a sports player is capped, they are chosen to represent their country in a team game such as football, rugby, or cricket .
Rees, 32, has been capped for England 23 times.
...England's most capped rugby union player.
If the government caps an organization, council, or budget, it limits the amount of money that the organization or council is allowed to spend, or limits the size of the budget.
The Secretary of State for Environment has the power to cap councils which spend excessively.
Nearly half of all local councils face being capped.
Between 70 and 80 councils face significant spending cuts or capping next year.
If you cap one thing with another, you put the other thing on top.
They had capped the roof with plywood.
...homemade scones capped with cream.
If someone says that a good or bad event caps a series of events, they mean it is the final event in the series, and the other events were also good or bad.
The win capped a fine tournament for the Irish team.
If someone's teeth are capped, covers are fixed over them so that they look better .
He suddenly smiled, revealing teeth that had recently been capped.
I had my teeth capped.
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