cape
Plural: capes
Noun
- A sleeveless garment worn over the shoulders and back.
- a strip of land projecting into a body of water
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- 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.
- A superhero.
Verb
- To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.
- To head or point; to keep a course.
- To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
- To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy.
- To cover (as) with or like a cape.
Examples
- She felt like a superhero, swooping in with a high-scoring word, much like a CAPE.
- The ship capes southwest by south.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English cape, gappe, cap, from Old French cap (“cape, headland”), from Latin caput (“head”).
Doublet of capo, caput, chef, and chief, and distantly with head and Howth.
For sense development, compare English ness (“a promontory point, cape”) from a root related to nose, Bulgarian нос (nos) (the same PIE root). Also compare coast (<< Latin costa).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
cape: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcape: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cape: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
cape: valid Words With Friends Word