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| 1. n. (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland. | |
| 2. n. A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders. | |
| 3. n. (slang) A superhero. | |
| 4. v. To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape. | |
| 5. v. (nautical) To head or point; to keep a course. | |
| The ship capes southwest by south. | |
| 6. v. To skin an animal, particularly a deer. | |
| 7. v. (uncommon) To wear a cape. | |
| 8. v. (obsolete) To look for, search after. | |
| Long may they search ere that they find that they after cape. (Geoffrey Chaucer) | |
| 9. v. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) To gaze or stare. | |
| The captain just caped mindlessly into the distance as his ship was hit by volley after volley. | |
| This Nicholas ever caped upward into the air. (Geoffrey Chaucer) | |
