cape
IPA: kˈeɪp
noun
- (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
- A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
- (slang) A superhero.
- (countable) A surname.
- (meteorology) Convective available potential energy
- (with the definite article, southern Africa) Ellipsis of Cape of Good Hope. [A headland in southwestern South Africa, near Cape Town.]
- (with the definite article, South Africa) Ellipsis of Cape Province., South Africa. Cape Province was split into three in 1994.
- (with the definite article) Ellipsis of Cape Cod. [A geographic cape extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts in the northeastern United States.]
- (with the definite article, historical, southern Africa) Ellipsis of Cape Colony. [(historical) A British colony in present-day South Africa and Namibia, named for the Cape of Good Hope.]
- (with the definite article, space flight) Ellipsis of Cape Canaveral., Florida, USA; where the major U.S. spaceflight complex is located. [A cape in Florida, United States.]
verb
- To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.
- (nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.
- To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
- (US, slang, chiefly with "for") To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy.
- (transitive) To cover (as) with or like a cape.
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Examples of "cape" in Sentences
- She wore a cape to her hometown.
- English became the language of the Cape.
- Mys Artura is the cape in the north of the island.
- The cape was the site of the expedition's main base.
- All except the fallow deer are indigenous to the Cape.
- The cope is a liturgical vestment in the form of a cape.
- The shape of the cape is somewhat distorted in this map.
- A plaque on the cape memorializes the victims of the crash.
- The craftsmanship with which the cape was constructed is exceptional.
- Bleek was widely respected as a philologist, particularly in the Cape.