adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of cap form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Having a cap (various senses). often

Adjective

1. 1
   covered as if with a cap or crown especially of a specified kind wordnet
2. 2
   used especially of front teeth having (artificial) crowns wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

arrayedbedeckedcladcrowneddisguisedhooded

Example

More examples

"The jagged mountains were capped with snow."

Etymology

From cap + -ed. Piecewise doublet of caped, chaped, and coped.

Related phrases

black-capped babblerblack-capped chickadeeblack-capped petrelblack-capped tinamoublue-capped ifritblue-capped kingfishercapped collectionfire-capped titgrey-capped greenfinchred-cappedred-capped parrotrufous-capped antshrike

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.