Cap and Elaborate

Cap

Cap verb - To set bounds or an upper limit for.

Elaborate and cap are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Elaborate" instead a verb "Cap".

Nearby Words: caps, capped, capping

Elaborate

Elaborate verb - To gradually become clearer or more detailed.

Cap and elaborate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cap" instead a verb "Elaborate".

Common collocations

point cap point elaborate point
skills cap skills elaborate skills

Both words in one sentence

  • Commissar Cap Sometimes decorated with elaborate silver or gold designs on the visor and/or the front of the crown, nicknamed "scrambled eggs" by military folks; the stereotypical Banana Republic leader's cap has so much of these that you can barely see the colour of the actual cap underneath.
    Source: Commissar Cap
  • Film / Love Me Tonight For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself: While the wealthy guests wear sumptuous, elaborate costumes to the ball, Maurice wears his everyday casual suit, turtleneck, and flat cap.
  • To elaborate on Wushu: the system at its very core rewards players for stunting (in that the more details they provide, the more dice they get to roll, at least up to a GM-determined "cap") and also throws in the "Principle of Narrative Truth", i.e.
    Source: The Real Man
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