Uncaps

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To remove the caps or upper covers from something; to convert text or letters from uppercase to lowercase; to take off a cap or lid from a container
2. The act of taking off caps or tops from objects; transforming capitalized letters into their smaller forms; eliminating protective covers or seals
3. Removing headgear or closures that cover an item; changing writing to small letters from capital ones; loosening or detaching any form of cap or cover from a device or container

Etymology: "Uncaps" is the third-person singular present form of "uncap," a verb meaning to remove the cap from something, such as a bottle, pen or tube. The verb is formed from the prefix "un-," meaning to reverse or undo an action, attached to "cap," the familiar word for a covering or lid. Its ancestry is therefore simple: the reversing prefix joined to a common noun that was turned into a verb. The base word "cap" comes from Old English "cæppe," borrowed from Late Latin "cappa," a hooded cloak, and the sense of a lid or covering grew from the same idea of something fitted over the top of an object. "Uncape," a related form, shows the same pattern with a different spelling, and the two forms have existed side by side in English.

Synonyms: opens, removes cap, uncorks, unscrews, unseals

Antonyms: caps, closes, seals, corks, covers