Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To finish by making one last addition.

  2. (transitive)To glue a relatively uncomplicated compact manifold to a manifold of the same dimension along (a component of the latter's boundary).

More definitions
  • finish or complete, as with some decisive action

Examples

12 sentences
  1. I couldn't get the cap off the bottle.

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  2. I can't get the cap off this bottle.

    deIch kriege den Verschluss nicht von dieser Flasche.

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  3. Tom took his cap off.

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  4. It irritates Tom when Mary leaves the cap off the toothpaste.

    ruТома раздражает, когда Маша не закручивает колпачок зубной пасты.

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  5. Mary took her cap off.

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Forms

caps off, capping off, capped off, capped off
Base formcap off · to cap off
3rd person singularcaps off
Present participlecapping off
Past simplecapped off
Past participlecapped off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycap off
he, she, itcaps off

Past simpleLesson

all personscapped off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave capped off
he, she, ithas capped off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cap off

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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