cap¹ (kăp)

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[Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa.]

noun 

1. A usually soft and close-fitting head covering, either having no brim or with a visor.
2. 1. A special head covering worn to indicate rank, occupation, or membership in a particular group: a cardinal's cap; a sailor's cap.
   2. An academic mortarboard. Used especially in the phrase cap and gown.
3. 1. A protective cover or seal, especially one that closes off an end or a tip: a bottle cap; a 35-millimeter lens cap.
   2. A crown for covering or sealing a tooth.
   3. A tread for a worn pneumatic tire.
   4. A fitted covering used to seal a well or large pipe.
   5. Chiefly Southern U.S. See eye
4. A summit or top, as of a mountain.
5. An upper limit; a ceiling: placed a cap on mortgage rates.
6. Architecture The capital of a column.
7. Botany
   1. The top part, or pileus, of a mushroom.
   2. A calyptra.
8. 1. A percussion cap.
   2. A small explosive charge enclosed in paper for use in a toy gun.
9. Any of several sizes of writing paper, such as foolscap.
10. Sports An appearance by a player in an international soccer game, traditionally rewarded with a hat.

transitive verb: capped, cap·ping, caps. 

1. To cover, protect, or seal with a cap.
2. To award a special cap to as a sign of rank or achievement: capped the new women nurses at graduation.
3. To lie over or on top of; cover: hills capped with snow.
4. To apply the finishing touch to; complete: cap a meal with dessert.
5. To follow with something better; surpass or outdo: capped his last trick with a disappearing act that brought the audience to its feet.
6. To set an upper limit on: decided to cap cost-of-living increases.

idioms

cap in hand

Humbly or submissively.

set (one's) cap for

To attempt to attract and win as a mate.

cap² (kăp)

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Informal [Shortened form of capital¹.]

noun 

A capital letter.

transitive verb: capped, cap·ping, caps. 

To capitalize.

cap³ (kăp)

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n. 

1. Capital: venture cap.
2. Capitalization: market cap.

abbreviation 

Civil Air Patrol

eye (ī)

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[Middle English, from Old English ēge, ēage.]

noun 

1. An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.
2. 1. Either of a pair of hollow structures located in bony sockets of the skull, functioning together or independently, each having a lens capable of focusing incident light on an internal photosensitive retina from which nerve impulses are sent to the brain; the vertebrate organ of vision.
   2. The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.
   3. The pigmented iris of this organ.
3. The faculty of seeing; vision.
4. The ability to make intellectual or aesthetic judgments: has a good eye for understated fashion.
5. 1. A way of regarding something; a point of view: To my eye, the decorations are excellent.
   2. Attention: The lavish window display immediately got my eye.
   3. Watchful attention or supervision: always under his boss's eye; kept an eye on her valuables.
6. Something suggestive of the vertebrate organ of vision, especially:
   1. An opening in a needle.
   2. The aperture of a camera.
   3. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread.
   4. A circular marking on a peacock's feather.
   5. Chiefly Southern U.S. The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove. Also called Also called regionally cap¹, griddle
7. A photosensitive device, such as a photoelectric cell.
8. Botany
   1. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato.
   2. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers.
9. 1. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.
   2. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.
10. Informal A detective, especially a private investigator.
11. A choice center cut of meat, as of beef: eye of the round.

transitive verb: eyed, eye·ing or ey·ing (ī́ĭng), eyes. 

1. To look at: eyed the passing crowd with indifference.
2. To watch closely: eyed the shark's movements.
3. To supply with an eye.

idioms

all eyes

Fully attentive.

an eye for an eye

Punishment in which an offender suffers what the victim has suffered.

clap (one's) eyes on

To look at.

eye to eye

In agreement: We're eye to eye on all the vital issues.

have eyes for

To be interested in.

have (one's) eye on

To look at, especially attentively or continuously. To have as one's objective.

in the eye of the wind

In a direction opposite that of the wind; close to the wind.

in the public eye

Frequently seen in public or in the media. Widely publicized; well-known.

my eye

In no way; not at all. Used interjectionally.

with an eye to

With a view to: redecorated the room with an eye to its future use as a nursery.

with (one's) eyes closed

Unaware of the risks involved.

with (one's) eyes open

Aware of the risks involved.