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sheathed
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adjective
enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination
his sheathed sword
the cat's sheathed claws
a ship's bottom sheathed in copper
copper-sheathed
waxy
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adjective
(= impressionable)
easily impressed or influenced
an impressionable youngster
an impressionable age
a waxy mind
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adjective
(= waxen)
made of or covered with wax
waxen candles
careful, the floor is waxy
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adjective
(= waxen, waxlike)
having the paleness of wax
the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor
— Bram Stoker
the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him
a thin face with a waxy paleness
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adjective
(= pliant)
capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
a flexible wire
a pliant young tree
cap
Noun
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A cap is a small hat.
He was wearing blue jeans and a ball cap.
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A cap is a cover that closes the end of something, such as a bottle or pipe.
First we need to remove the cap, then we can drain the fluid from the tank.
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A cap is a limit.
The government should place a cap on spending for next year.
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A cap is small piece of explosive that is used to set off larger explosives.
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A cap is the top part of a mushroom.
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A cap is a crown for covering a tooth.
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A cap is the summit (top) of a mountain.
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A cap is a small amount of gunpowder that is used to set off a toy gun.
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If you "pop a cap" on someone, you shoot them with a gun.
You best watch out or I'll bust a cap in your ass.
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A cap is an international appearance of a player in a team.
cap
Verb
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If you cap something, you put a cap on it.
We need to cap that pipe before turning the water back on.
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If you cap something, you set an upper limit on it.
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If something caps something, it fits on it and is a cap for it.
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If you cap someone, you shoot that person.
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If you cap something, you lie over or on top of something.
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If you cap something, you surpass or outdo something.