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caping Meaning & Definition

/ˈkeɪpɪŋ/

What Does Caping Mean?

Caping is a verb that means present participle and gerund of cape.

Caping Definition (Verb)

  1. present participle and gerund of cape

Verb

  1. To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.
  2. To head or point; to keep a course.

    The ship capes southwest by south.

  3. To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
  4. To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy.

Verb

  1. To look for, search after.

    Long may they search ere that they find that they after cape.

  2. To gaze or stare.

    The captain just caped mindlessly into the distance as his ship was hit by volley after volley.

Synonyms of Caping

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Caping in a Sentence

The ship capes southwest by south.

Long may they search ere that they find that they after cape.

The captain just caped mindlessly into the distance as his ship was hit by volley after volley.

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