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Noun capsule has 7 senses

capsule - a small container
--₁ is a kind of container
--₁ has particulars: paintball
capsule - a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
--₂ is a kind of pill, lozenge, tablet, tab

Derived form: verb capsulate₁
capsule - a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
--₃ is a kind of pericarp, seed vessel
--₃ has part: peristome
--₃ has particulars: bilocular capsule; boll; silique, siliqua
condensation, abridgement, abridgment, capsule - a shortened version of a written work
--₄ is a kind of summary

Derived forms: verb capsulize₂, verb capsulise₂
capsule - a structure that encloses a body part
--₅ is a kind of structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
--₅ has particulars:
malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle; eyeball, orb
space capsule, capsule - a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
--₆ is a kind of spacecraft, ballistic capsule, space vehicle
ejection seat, ejector seat, capsule - a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
--₇ is a kind of seat
--₇ is a part of cockpit

Verb capsule has 2 senses

capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise - enclose in a capsule
--₁ is one way to envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
encapsulate, capsule, capsulize, capsulise - put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news"
--₂ is one way to digest, condense, concentrate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP