Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: capped
IPA transcription: [k'æpt]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: capped
    Meaning: covered as if with a cap or crown especially of a specified kind; "cloud-capped mountains"; "brown-capped mushrooms"; "snow-capped peaks"
  • Synonyms: capped
    Meaning: used especially of front teeth having (artificial) crowns; "capped teeth gave her a beautiful smile"
Usage examples
  • This capped the climax of Dolly's contentment.
  • And whatever he told, his guest capped, narrating trick upon trick to which on different occasions he had had recourse.
  • The Duke of Snarleyow got it and the climax was capped. Mrs. Innitt burst into a flood of tears and--well, to-morrow, Bunny, Norah leaves.
  • But it was capped by the other with a narrative that seemed specially pleasing to the listener. In the midst of a burst of laughter, he rose and rang the bell.
  • "It looks," Sir Richmond said, "as though some old giantess had left a discarded set of teeth on the hillside." Far more impressive than Stonehenge itself were the barrows that capped the neighbouring crests.
  • Glancing into one open casement near the ground, I saw an aged woman, stout and capped, lie on her face before a very large porcelain stove; but I paced on without stoppage, traversed several streets, and came out, as it became dark, upon a piece of grass-land leading downward to a mountain-gorge.
  • Its metal knobs, marking the degrees of intensity of the current it controlled, caught the light and blinked like so many small, baleful eyes. Particularly one, that which would be capped next in the orbit of the lever, held him fascinated; the winking potentiality of it thralled him, as the troubled crystal devours the gaze of the Hindu magi.