Baseball Definition–noun | 1. | a game of ball between two nine-player teams played usually for nine innings on a field that has as a focal point a diamond-shaped infield with a home plate and three other bases, 90 ft. (27 m) apart, forming a circuit that must be completed by a base runner in order to score, the central offensive action entailing hitting of a pitched ball with a wooden or metal bat and running of the bases, the winner being the team scoring the most runs. |
| 2. | the ball used in this game, being a sphere approximately 3 in. (7 cm) in diameter with a twine-covered center of cork covered by stitched horsehide. |
| 3. | Cards. a variety of five-card or seven-card stud poker in which nines and threes are wild and in which threes and fours dealt face up gain the player either penalties or privileges. |
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Cap Definition–noun | 1. | a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim. |
| 2. | a brimless head covering with a visor, as a baseball cap. |
| 4. | a headdress denoting rank, occupation, religious order, or the like: a nurse's cap. |
| 6. | Mathematics. the symbol ∩, used to indicate the intersection of two sets. Compare intersection (def. 3a). |
| 7. | anything resembling or suggestive of a covering for the head in shape, use, or position: a cap on a bottle. |
| 9. | a maximum limit, as one set by law or agreement on prices, wages, spending, etc., during a certain period of time; ceiling: a 9 percent cap on pay increases for this year. |
| 10. | Mycology. the pileus of a mushroom. |
| 12. | Mining. a short, horizontal beam at the top of a prop for supporting part of a roof. |
| 14. | British Sports. a selection for a representative team, usually for a national squad. |
| 15. | a noise-making device for toy pistols, made of a small quantity of explosive wrapped in paper or other thin material. |
| 16. | Nautical. a fitting of metal placed over the head of a spar, as a mast or bowsprit, and having a collar for securing an additional spar. |
| 17. | a new tread applied to a worn pneumatic tire. |
| 18. | Architecture. a capital. |
| 19. | Carpentry. a metal plate placed over the iron of a plane to break the shavings as they rise. |
| 21. | Chiefly British Slang. a contraceptive diaphragm. |
–verb (used with object) | 22. | to provide or cover with or as if with a cap. |
| 24. | follow up with something as good or better; surpass; outdo: to cap one joke with another. |
| 25. | to serve as a cap, covering, or top to; overlie. |
| 26. | to put a maximum limit on (prices, wages, spending, etc.). |
| 27. | British Sports. to select (a player) for a representative team. |
–verb (used without object) | 28. | Fox Hunting. to hunt with a hunting club of which one is not a member, on payment of a capping fee. |
—Idioms| 29. | cap in hand, humbly; in supplication: He went to his father cap in hand and begged his forgiveness. |
| 30. | set one's cap for, to pursue as being a potential mate. |
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