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Definition of CAP

1. Verb. Lie at the top of. "Snow capped the mountains"

2. Noun. A tight-fitting headdress.

3. Verb. Restrict the number or amount of. "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club"

4. Noun. A top (as for a bottle).

5. Noun. A mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive.

6. Noun. Something serving as a cover or protection.

7. Noun. A fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom.

8. Noun. A protective covering that is part of a plant.

9. Noun. An upper limit on what is allowed. "They established a cap for prices"

10. Noun. (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth. "Tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"

11. Noun. The upper part of a column that supports the entablature.

Definition of CAP

1. n. A covering for the head

2. v. t. To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.

3. v. i. To uncover the head respectfully.

Definition of CAP

1. Initialism. (European Union) '''Common Agricultural Policy'''. ¹

2. Initialism. (USA) '''Civil Air Patrol''' ¹

3. Initialism. Colleague Assistance Program ¹

4. Initialism. combat air patrol ¹

5. Initialism. '''Change Acceleration Process''' ¹

6. Initialism. Colors and Placements ¹

7. Initialism. catabolite activator protein ¹

8. Noun. A close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak. ¹

9. Noun. A special head covering to indicate rank, occupation etc. ¹

10. Noun. An academic mortarboard ¹

11. Noun. A protective cover or seal ¹

12. Noun. A crown for covering a tooth ¹

13. Noun. The summit of a mountain etc. ¹

14. Noun. An artificial upper limit or ceiling ¹

15. Noun. The top part of a mushroom ¹

16. Noun. (cricket) The cap worn by players as protection from the sun; the cap awarded to a player when first selected to play for a side ¹

17. Noun. A small amount of gunpowder in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun ¹

18. Noun. A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives ¹

19. Noun. (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone. ¹

20. Noun. (soccer) An international appearance ¹

21. Noun. (finance) An upper limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by borrowers to defend against interest rate increases. Opposite of a floor. ¹

22. Verb. To cover or seal with a cap ¹

23. Verb. To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc. ¹

24. Verb. To lie over or on top of something ¹

25. Verb. To surpass or outdo ¹

26. Verb. To set an upper limit on something ¹

27. Verb. To make something even more wonderful at the end. ¹

28. Verb. (cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side ¹

29. Verb. (slang) To shoot someone ¹

30. Verb. (sports) to select to play for the national team. ¹

31. Noun. (finance) Capitalization. ¹

32. Noun. (informal) An uppercase letter ¹

33. Verb. (transitive informal) To convert text to uppercase ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of CAP

1. to provide with a cap (a type of head covering) [v CAPPED, CAPPING, CAPS]

Medical Definition of CAP

1. Catabolite (gene) activator protein. 1. Any anatomical structure that resembles a cap or cover. 2. A protective covering for an incomplete tooth. 3. Colloquialism for restoration of the coronal part of a natural tooth by means of an artificial crown. 4. The nucleotide structure found at the 5' terminus of many eukaryotic messenger RNAs, consisting of a 7-methylguanosine connected, via its 5'-hydroxyl group, by a triphosphate group to the 5'-hydroxyl group of the first nucleoside encoded by the DNA; usually symbolised as m7G5'ppp5'N, where N is nucleoside number 1 in the transcribed mRNA and is often itself methylated; the cap is added posttranscriptionally. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of CAP

canzone canzones canzonet canzonets canzonetta canzonettas canzoni caoshu caoutchin caoutchouc

caoutchouc pelvis caoutchouc tree caoutchoucin caoutchoucs caoxite cap cap'n cap'ns cap-a-pie cap-gun

capZ cap II RNA(nucleoside-2'-)methyltransferase cap I RNA (nucleoside-2'-)methyltransferase cap and ball cap and trade cap binding protein cap cloud cap clouds cap flashing cap in hand

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