Uncapped
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of uncap form-of, participle, past
- 1 Not capped (in various senses); not wearing or possessing a cap. not-comparable
"I struggling faintly, could not help feeling what I could not grasp, a column of the whitest ivory, beautifully streak'd with blue veins, and carrying, fully uncapt, a head of the liveliest vermillion"
- 2 Of honey, not having been sealed by bees with a wax cover in the cell. not-comparable
""And I see over here you have buckets of honey you have gathered. It is uncapped, and liquid.""
- 3 Not having made an appearance in an international sports match. not-comparable
"there seems nothing very unusual about an uncapped 20-year-old English midfielder being asked to step up in the Champions League last-16 against Real Madrid."
- 1 used especially of front teeth wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"I struggling faintly, could not help feeling what I could not grasp, a column of the whitest ivory, beautifully streak'd with blue veins, and carrying, fully uncapt, a head of the liveliest vermillion"
Etymology
From un- + capped. Piecewise doublet of uncaped and uncoped.
From uncap + -ed.
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