| cape | | |
| n. (object) | 1. cape, ness | a strip of land projecting into a body of water. |
| ~ cape horn | a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego). |
| ~ lindesnes, naze | a cape at the southern tip of Norway. |
| ~ cape passero, passero cape | a cape that forms the southeastern corner of the island of Sicily. |
| ~ cape of good hope | a point of land in southwestern South Africa (south of Cape Town). |
| ~ cape may | a cape of southeast New Jersey extending into the Atlantic Ocean. |
| ~ cape fear | a cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean. |
| ~ cape flattery | a cape of northwestern Washington. |
| ~ cape froward | a cape on the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile; the most southern point on the mainland of South America. |
| ~ cape hatteras | a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina.; "frequent storms drive ships to their destruction on Cape Hatteras" |
| ~ cape sable | a cape at the southwest tip of Florida; the southernmost part of the United States mainland. |
| ~ cape trafalgar | a small cape in southwestern Spain.; "Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleets off Cape Trafalgar in 1805" |
| ~ cape york | the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of the Australian mainland. |
| ~ hoek van holland, hook of holland | a cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam. |
| ~ dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land | the solid part of the earth's surface.; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
| ~ skagens odde, skaw | a cape on the northernmost tip of Jutland between the Skagerrak and the Kattegatt. |
| ~ spit, tongue | a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. cape, mantle | a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter. |
| ~ chlamys | a short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder; worn by men in ancient Greece. |
| ~ cloak | a loose outer garment. |
| ~ mantelet, mantilla | short cape worn by women. |
| ~ pelisse | a sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur. |
| ~ tippet | a woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten. |
| promontory | | |
| n. (object) | 1. foreland, head, headland, promontory | a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea). |
| ~ cape horn | a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego). |
| ~ calpe, gibraltar, rock of gibraltar | location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules. |
| ~ cape hatteras | a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina.; "frequent storms drive ships to their destruction on Cape Hatteras" |
| ~ cape canaveral, cape kennedy | a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight. |
| ~ cape sable | a promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia. |
| ~ abila, abyla, jebel musa | a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules. |
| ~ mull | a term used in Scottish names of promontories.; "the Mull of Kintyre" |
| ~ natural elevation, elevation | a raised or elevated geological formation. |
| ~ point | a promontory extending out into a large body of water.; "they sailed south around the point" |
| spit | | |
| n. (object) | 1. spit, tongue | a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea. |
| ~ cape, ness | a strip of land projecting into a body of water. |
| ~ sand | a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral. |
| n. (body) | 2. saliva, spit, spittle | a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches. |
| ~ secretion | a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell. |
| ~ slobber, dribble, drivel, drool | saliva spilling from the mouth. |
| ~ tobacco juice | saliva colored brown by tobacco (snuff or chewing tobacco). |
| ~ salivary gland | any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion. |
| ~ ptyalin | an amylase secreted in saliva. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. spit | a skewer for holding meat over a fire. |
| ~ brochette | a small spit or skewer. |
| ~ rack, stand | a support for displaying various articles.; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" |
| ~ skewer | a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted. |
| ~ turnspit | a roasting spit that can be turned. |
| n. (act) | 4. expectoration, spit, spitting | the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva). |
| ~ ejection, forcing out, expulsion, projection | the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting. |
| v. (body) | 5. ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spit, spue | expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer" |
| ~ cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up, spit out | discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth. |
| v. (communication) | 6. spit, spit out | utter with anger or contempt. |
| ~ let loose, let out, utter, emit | express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).; "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" |
| v. (weather) | 7. patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit, sprinkle | rain gently.; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" |
| ~ rain, rain down | precipitate as rain.; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" |
| v. (contact) | 8. skewer, spit | drive a skewer through.; "skewer the meat for the BBQ" |
| ~ pin | pierce with a pin.; "pin down the butterfly" |
| jut out | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. jut, jut out, project, protrude, stick out | extend out or project in space.; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" |
| ~ overhang | project over. |
| ~ push up, thrust | push upward.; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air" |
| ~ spear up, spear | thrust up like a spear.; "The branch speared up into the air" |
| ~ bulge, bag | bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge. |
| ~ cantilever | project as a cantilever. |
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