Cape

Quick meaning: Cape is a noun meaning (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.

Meaning

(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.

More Meanings

1. A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
2. To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.
3. (nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.
4. To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
5. (US, slang, chiefly with "for") To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy.
6. (transitive) To cover (as) with or like a cape.
7. (slang) A superhero.

Example Sentences

The ship capes southwest by south.

"I can't believe I'm out here caping for a politician."

[…] Biden is the old man who once caped for systematic racism; […]

Many times, you see white supremacist groups caping for women to mask their agenda of white nationalism.

Word Forms

• capes
• caping
• caped

Synonyms for cape

Depending on context, synonyms include chersonese, ness, peninsula, point, mantle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mantle, ness, headland, place, head, green.

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