{
    "term": "cap",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/cl/clothes_hats.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a type of soft flat hat with a peak (= a hard curved part sticking out in front). Caps are worn especially by men and boys, often as part of a uniform",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **wear a cap**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to put on/take off a cap"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to have a cap on"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a school cap"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a peaked cap"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["school", "shower", "skull"],
                "verb + cap": ["doff", "tip"],
                "cap + noun": ["badge"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a soft hat that fits closely and is worn for a particular purpose",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a shower cap"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["school", "shower", "skull"],
                "verb + cap": ["doff", "tip"],
                "cap + noun": ["badge"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a soft hat with a square flat top worn by some university teachers and students at special ceremonies",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a cap given to somebody who is chosen to play for a school, country, etc.; a player chosen to play for their country, etc.",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He won his first cap *(= was first chosen to play)* for England against France."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are three new caps in the side."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a cover or top for a pen, bottle, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a lens cap"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bottle has a screw cap."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bottle", "hub", "lens"],
                "verb + cap": ["put on", "screw on", "remove"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "an artificial cover for a damaged tooth",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He needed four caps for his teeth after the accident."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "crown (10)"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "the top of a mountain or a wave",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Purple mist sat below the snowy mountain caps."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "an upper limit on an amount of money that can be spent or borrowed by a particular institution or in a particular situation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The government has placed a cap on local council spending."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "a small paper container with explosive powder inside it, used especially in toy guns",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "a rubber or plastic device that a woman places inside her vagina before having sex to prevent sperm from entering the womb and making her pregnant",
            "labels": "(British English)British and North American English",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an action that you can be proud of",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to ask somebody for something, especially money, in a very polite way that makes you seem less important",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There’s no way he’ll go cap in hand to his brother."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you feel that a remark applies to you, you should accept it and take it as a warning or criticism",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I didn’t actually say that you were lazy, but if the cap fits…"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kæp/",
                "audio": "ca/cap/cap__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kæp/",
                "audio": "ca/cap/cap__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English cæppe ‘hood’, from late Latin cappa, perhaps from Latin caput ‘head’."
}