cape

1. (slang) A superhero.Examples: "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 ..."slang

1. (nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.Examples: "The ship capes southwest by south."

2. (US, slang, chiefly with "for") To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy.Examples: "A lot of African-Americans believe the answer is Clinton, mostly because "she's not Trump" and because President Barack Obama is shamelessly caping for her."; "Many times, you see white supremacist groups caping for women to mask their agenda of white nationalism."; ""I can't believe I'm out here caping for a politician.""USslang

3. (transitive) To cover (as) with or like a cape.Examples: "The white fur that caped his neck and shoulders stood on end."; "He shook her gently, combing his fingers through her coppery curls that caped her shoulders like filigree."; "He caped the children and draped them in long wraps, wigs, and swords, and then they all went off down the hall, around the house, and into the yard, Jack singing in his high little voice, “Let’s go off adventuring, adventuring, adventuring!”"transitive

1. (countable) A surname.countable

1. (southern Africa) Ellipsis of Cape of Good Hope.AfricaSouthernabbreviationalt-ofellipsis

2. (South Africa) Ellipsis of Cape Province: a former province of South Africa, split into three in 1994.Examples: "This is my maat Marius; he just moved to Joburg from the Cape."South-Africaabbreviationalt-ofellipsis

3. (historical, southern Africa) Ellipsis of Cape Colony.AfricaSouthernabbreviationalt-ofellipsishistorical

4. (space flight) Ellipsis of Cape Canaveral: a peninsula in Florida, United States, where the major U.S. spaceflight complex is located.abbreviationalt-ofellipsis

1. (meteorology) Convective available potential energyuncountable