Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective covered or protected with or as if with a case.
  • adjective same as bound; -- of books.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of case.
  • adjective having a case or covering; encased or clad

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective covered or protected with or as if with a case
  • adjective enclosed in a case

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Examples

  • Don Draper should have been title cased on your fix, perhaps you would like to reply with caps on.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2010

  • Don Draper should have been title cased on your fix, perhaps you would like to reply with caps on.

    reddit.com: what's new online! 2010

  • Don Draper should have been title cased on your fix, perhaps you would like to reply with caps on.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2010

  • He always so-called cased a joint, he hated criminal jargon, for at least a week before he went in, sometimes two or three, because the one yearning he did not have was to spend any more time behind bars.

    Money, Money, Money McBain, Ed, 1926- 2001

  • Some skins have to be cased, that is removed entire, or turned inside out, and not cut down the belly first, which injures their sale.

    Canoe Mates in Canada Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan George Rathborne 1896

  • I kept "cased" in my head vulnerable places and situations and I would perform the next job only when my bankroll in my pocket began to get too low.

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964

  • In "cased" books, sewn by machinery, the head and tail of the sheets will often be found to be split up as far as the "kettle" stitches.

    Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Douglas Cockerell 1894

  • In commerce they are termed "cased wolves," because their skins, on being removed, are not split open as with the large wolf-skins, but are stript off after the manner of rabbits, and then turned inside out, or "cased," as it is termed.

    The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850

  • In commerce they are termed "cased wolves," because their skins, on being removed, are not split open as with the large wolf-skins, but are stript off after the manner of rabbits, and then turned inside out, or "cased," as it is termed.

    Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

  • Last year, on the day of the big annual school play, young Brandon "cased" a jump in the terrain park.

    Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories 2009

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