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Definitions for Capping

[1] overburden(def 3) .
[2] a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim.
[3] a brimless head covering with a visor, as a baseball cap.
[4] mobcap.
[5] a headdress denoting rank, occupation, religious order, or the like: a nurse's cap.
[6] mortarboard(def 2) .
[7] Mathematics . the symbol ∩, used to indicate the intersection of two sets. Compare intersection(def 3a) .
[8] anything resembling or suggestive of a covering for the head in shape, use, or position: a cap on a bottle.
[9] summit; top; acme.
[10] a maximum limit, as one set by law or agreement on prices, wages, spending, etc., during a certain period of time; ceiling: a 9 percent cap on pay increases for this year.
[11] Mycology . the pileus of a mushroom.
[12] Botany . calyptra(def 1) .
[13] Mining . a short, horizontal beam at the top of a prop for supporting part of a roof.
[14] a percussion cap.
[15] British Sports . a selection for a representative team, usually for a national squad.
[16] a noise-making device for toy pistols, made of a small quantity of explosive wrapped in paper or other thin material.
[17] Nautical . a fitting of metal placed over the head of a spar, as a mast or bowsprit, and having a collar for securing an additional spar.
[18] a new tread applied to a worn pneumatic tire.
[19] Architecture . a capital.
[20] Carpentry . a metal plate placed over the iron of a plane to break the shavings as they rise.
[21] Fox Hunting . capping fee.
[22] Chiefly British Slang . a contraceptive diaphragm.
[23] to provide or cover with or as if with a cap.
[24] to complete.
[25] follow up with something as good or better; surpass; outdo: to cap one joke with another.
[26] to serve as a cap, covering, or top to; overlie.
[27] to put a maximum limit on (prices, wages, spending, etc.).
[28] British Sports . to select (a player) for a representative team.
[29] Fox Hunting . to hunt with a hunting club of which one is not a member, on payment of a capping fee.
[30] a capital letter.
[31] Usually caps. uppercase: Please set the underlined in caps.
[32] to write or print in capital letters, or make an initial letter a capital; capitalize.
[33] a covering for the head, esp a small close-fitting one made of cloth or knitted
[34] such a covering serving to identify the wearer's rank, occupation, etc a nurse's cap
[35] something that protects or covers, esp a small lid or cover lens cap
[36] an uppermost surface or part the cap of a wave
[37] See percussion cap a small amount of explosive enclosed in paper and used in a toy gun
[38] sport , mainly British an emblematic hat or beret given to someone chosen for a representative team he has won three England caps a player chosen for such a team
[39] the upper part of a pedestal in a classical order
[40] the roof of a windmill, sometimes in the form of a dome
[41] botany the pileus of a mushroom or toadstool
[42] hunting money contributed to the funds of a hunt by a follower who is neither a subscriber nor a farmer, in return for a day's hunting a collection taken at a meet of hounds, esp for a charity
[43] anatomy the natural enamel covering a tooth an artificial protective covering for a tooth
[44] See Dutch cap (def. 2)
[45] an upper financial limit
[46] a mortarboard when worn with a gown at an academic ceremony (esp in the phrase cap and gown )
[47] meteorol the cloud covering the peak of a mountain the transient top of detached clouds above an increasing cumulus
[48] cap in hand humbly, as when asking a favour
[49] if the cap fits British the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person
[50] set one's cap for or set one's cap at (of a woman) to be determined to win as a husband or lover
[51] to cover, as with a cap snow capped the mountain tops
[52] informal to outdo; excel your story caps them all ; to cap an anecdote
[53] to cap it all to provide the finishing touch we had sun, surf, cheap wine, and to cap it all a free car
[54] sport , British to select (a player) for a representative team he was capped 30 times by Scotland
[55] to seal off (an oil or gas well)
[56] to impose an upper limit on the level of increase of (a tax, such as the council tax) rate-capping
[57] hunting to ask (hunt followers) for a cap
[58] mainly Scot and NZ to award a degree to
[59] Common Agricultural Policy: (in the EU) the system for supporting farm incomes by maintaining agricultural prices at agreed levels

Words related to Capping

exceed, finish, complete, beat, cover, clinch, crown, surpass, eclipse, transcend, trump, top, excel, better, outshine, can, outstrip, pass, surmount, crest

Words nearby Capping

capped elbow, capped hock, capped pawn, cappelletti, capper, capping, capping fee, cappuccino, capra, capraesque, caprate

Origin of Capping

2First recorded in 1895–1900; by shortening

Other words from Capping

cap·less , adjective

Word origin for Capping

Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa hood, perhaps from Latin caput head

Synonyms for Capping

beat, clinch, complete, cover, crown, eclipse, exceed, finish, surpass, wrap up, best, better, can, cob, crest, excel, outshine, outstrip, pass, surmount, top, transcend, trump, button down, button up, do to a T, put the lid on, top it off