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# cap

noun (cap, caps); verb (cap, caps, capped)

«cap» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cap is a soft hat, often with a peak at the front, like a baseball cap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cap/#m1)
2. A cap is a small lid on a bottle, a pen or a tube. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cap/#m2)
3. In sport, a cap is a place in the national team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cap/#m3)
4. To cap is to put a limit or top on something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cap/#m4)

### In the lessons

a thing collected and counted, most often bottle caps found or thrown away; a sun cap protects from the sun; phrases: «bottle cap», «baseball cap», «put the cap back on», «swimming cap»

### Examples

- Danny had 25 bottle caps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cap/#x1)
- He found 18 more bottle caps at the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cap/#x2)
- He threw away 12 old caps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cap/#x3)
- How many more caps than wrappers did he find? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cap/#x4)
- Wear a cap in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cap/#x5)
- Put the cap back on the glue stick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cap/#x6)
- Swimmers wear a swimming cap in the pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cap/#x7)
- He wore his baseball cap backwards. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cap/#x8)
- They all whipped off their caps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cap/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a cap, caps. A thing counted. «found» adds, «threw away» takes away. Trap: caps and wrappers are often counted side by side; keep them apart. Trap: «cap» (hat) is not «cup» (for drinking).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cap» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cap/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cap» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cap.html) on Mova free.