•A covering for the head•One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys•One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants•One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.•The top, or uppermost part; the chief.•A respectful uncovering of the head.•The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.•Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use•The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.•Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.•A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.•A percussion cap. See under Percussion.•The removable cover of a journal box.•A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.•A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.•To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.•To deprive of cap.•To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.•To salute by removing the cap.•To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs.•To uncover the head respectfully.

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