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cap

გამოთქმა: /kap/

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Universal
  • 1a kind of soft, flat hat without a brim and typically with a peak: a man wearing a raincoat and a flat cap figurativeher cap of dark hair
  • [with adjective or noun modifier] a kind of soft, close-fitting head covering worn for a particular purpose:a shower cap a bathing cap
  • British a cap awarded as a sign of membership of a particular sports team, especially a national team:he has won three caps for Scotland
  • British a player to whom a cap is awarded:a former naval officer and rugby cap
  • an academic mortar board:school-leavers in cap and gown
  • 2a protective lid or cover for an object such as a bottle, the point of a pen, or a camera lens: a glass bottle with a screw cap a lens cap from a camera
  • an artificial protective covering for a tooth.
  • the top of a bird’s head when distinctively coloured.
  • 3an upper limit imposed on spending or borrowing:he raised the cap on local authority spending
  • 4 (also Dutch cap) British informal a contraceptive diaphragm.
  • 5the broad upper part of the fruiting body of most mushrooms and toadstools, at the top of a stem and bearing gills or pores.

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1put a lid or cover on:he capped his pen
  • form a covering layer or topmost part of: (as adjective, in combination -capped)snow-capped mountains
  • put an artificial protective covering on (a tooth): (as adjective capped)his smile revealed perfectly capped teeth
  • 2provide a fitting climax or conclusion to:he capped a memorable season by becoming champion of champions
  • follow or reply to (a story, remark, or joke) by producing a better one: he prayed no wit would cap his remark with some repartee
  • 3British place a limit or restriction on (prices, expenditure, or borrowing):council budgets will be capped
  • 4 (be capped) British be chosen as a member of a particular sports team, especially a national one:he was capped ten times by England
  • 5Scottish & NZ confer a university degree on.

cap and bells

historical the insignia of the professional jester.

cap in hand (North American hat in hand)

British humbly asking for a favour:we have to go cap in hand begging for funds

cap of liberty

a conical cap given to Roman slaves when they were freed, used as a republican symbol in more recent times.

cap of maintenance

British a cap or hat worn as a symbol of official dignity or carried in front of a sovereign on ceremonial occasions.

if the cap fits, wear it (North American if the shoe fits, wear it)

British used as a way of suggesting that someone should accept a generalized remark or criticism as applying to themselves.

set one's cap at (or US for)

dated (of a woman) try to attract (a particular man) as a suitor: she should buy herself a new frock and set her cap at someone else

to cap it all

as the final unfortunate incident in a long series:she was on edge, her nerves taut, and to cap it all, she could feel the beginnings of a headache

capful

noun (plural capfuls)

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