1. s. A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.
2. s. A special hat to indicate rank, occupation etc.
3. s. An academic mortarboard
4. s. A protective cover or seal
He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
5. s. A crown for covering a tooth
He had golden caps on his teeth.
6. s. The summit of a mountain etc.
There was snow on the cap of the mountain.
7. s. An artificial upper limit or ceiling
We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.
8. s. The top part of a mushroom
9. s. A small amount of gunpowder in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun
Billy spent all morning firing caps with his friends, re-enacting storming the beach at Normandy.
10. s. A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives
He wired the cap to the bundle of dynamite, then detonated it remotely.
11. s. (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
12. s. (soccer) An international appearance
Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
13. s. (obsolete) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
14. s. (obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.
15. s. (zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
16. s. (architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate
17. s. Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
18. s. (nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
19. s. (geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
20. s. A large size of writing paper.
flat cap; foolscap; legal cap
21. v. To cover or seal with a cap
22. v. To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc.
23. v. To lie over or on top of something
24. v. To surpass or outdo
25. v. To set an upper limit on something
cap wages.
26. v. To make something even more wonderful at the end.
That really capped my day.
27. v. (transitive, cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side
28. v. (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
If he don't get outta my hood, I'm gonna cap his ass.
29. v. (transitive, sports) to select to play for the national team.
Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.
30. v. (transitive, obsolete) To uncover the head respectfully.
31. v. To deprive of a cap.
32. s. (finance) Capitalization.
33. s. (informal) An uppercase letter.
34. v. (transitive, informal) To convert text to uppercase.
35. s. (electronics) capacitor
Parasitic caps.
36. s. (colloquial) A recording or screenshot.
Anyone have a cap of the games last night?
37. v. To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.
38. s. (obsolete) A wooden drinking-bowl with two handles.
bonnet
1. capó, bonete
2. capucha, gorra
bonnet
1. s. A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
2. s. A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
3. s. (by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
4. s. (Australia, British, NZ, South Africa, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.
5. s. (nautical) A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
6. s. (obsolete, slang) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid.
7. s. The second stomach of a ruminant.
8. s. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
9. s. A small defence work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.
10. s. A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.
11. s. A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.
12. s. A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
13. s. In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.
14. s. (mycology) A mushroom of the genus Mycena.
15. v. To put a bonnet on.
16. v. (obsolete) To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.
17. v. (dated, transitive) To pull the bonnet or cap down over the head of.
18. v. topics, en, Auto parts, Headwear
baseball cap
baseball cap
1. s. A cap with a rounded crown and a curved, stiffened bill at the front.
