Meaning of cape | Babel Free

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1. A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
2. A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland
3. A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
4. A surname.
   countable
5. Ellipsis of Cape of Good Hope.
   Africa, Southern, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
6. Acronym of convective available potential energy.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
7. A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders
8. A superhero.
   slang
9. Ellipsis of Cape Province: a former province of South Africa, split into three in 1994.
   South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
10. Acronym of cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
11. For names of actual capes, see the specific element of the names; for example, Hatteras, Cape; Good Hope, Cape of. Other geographic names beginning with Cape are entered under Cape; for example, Cape Town, South Africa; Cape York Peninsula.
    Cape
12. A superhero
13. Ellipsis of Cape Cod.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
14. To maneuver (the bull) by means of a cape in a bullfight.
15. To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape
16. Ellipsis of Cape Colony.
    Africa, Southern, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical
17. A point or head of land projecting into a body of water.
18. To head or point; to keep a course
19. Ellipsis of Cape Canaveral: a peninsula in Florida, United States, where the major U.S. spaceflight complex is located.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
20. a sleeveless garment of variable length, fastened at the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to another garment.
21. A point of land projecting into a body of water.
22. A pointed mass of land jutting into the sea.
23. a long, loose, sleeveless outer garment hanging from the shoulders and fastening at the neck. a waterproof cycling cape. mantel رِداءٌ بِدونِ أكْمام пелерина capa pelerína der Umhang kappe κάπαcapa keep شنل viitta capeשכמייה गरदनी, कंधे का वस्त्र pelerina köpeny penutup bahu (herða)slá cappa ケープ 망토 apsiaustas apmetnis mantel tanpa lengan capekappepelerynacapa pelerină накидка pelerína pelerina kabanica cape เสื้อคลุมไม่มีแขน pelerin, kap 披肩 каптур, капюшон بے آستین کی قبا áo choàng không tay 披肩
24. a headland sticking out into the sea. The fishing-boat rounded the cape; Cape Breton. kaap رأس أرضي داخِلِ البحر геогр. нос cabo mys das Kap næs; forbjerg; kap ακρωτήριοcabo neem دماغه niemi capכף अंतरीप rt fok tanjung höfði capo 岬 곳, 갑 iškyšulys zemesrags tanjung kaapnes, kappprzylądek (جغ) راس، پوزه، دماغه، دمځكې يوه تېره غوندې پوزه چه په بحر يا خليج ننوتلې وى cabo cap мыс mys rt greben udde, kap ส่วนของผืนดินที่ยื่นเข้าไปในน้ำ burun 海角 мис راس ، گردنہ mũi đất 海角
25. A sleeveless outer garment fastened at the throat and worn hanging over the shoulders.
26. A brightly colored cloth used in maneuvering the bull in a bullfight; a capote or muleta.

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Examples

“Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.”

“Rows and rows of booths and pavilions stretch across the floor, draped with glowing holograms and shifting signs beckoning capes to try their wares. Bystander insurance. Hypertech components. Mystical ingredients. Training DVDs ...”

“This is my maat Marius; he just moved to Joburg from the Cape.”

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