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cap

 
 
/kæp/ verb [T] (present participle capping, past tense and past participle capped)

Translation

END to be the last and the best or worst event in a series of events
bir dizi eylemde en iyisi veya en kötüsü olmak
The party capped a wonderful week.1555
LIMIT to put a limit on an amount of money that can be borrowed, charged, etc
sınırlamak, limit koymak
[often passive] The interest rate has been capped at 5%.14081872
COVER to cover the top of something
örtmek, kapatmak, tepesini kapamak
[often passive] The mountains were capped with snow.1260
(Definition of cap verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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