CUP

cup

(noun) a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle; “he put the cup back in the saucer”; “the handle of the cup was missing”

cup, loving cup

(noun) a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition; “the school kept the cups is a special glass case”

cup

(noun) the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green; “he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away”; “put the flag back in the cup”

cup

(noun) a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl

cup

(noun) cup-shaped plant organ

cup

(noun) a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces

cup, cupful

(noun) the quantity a cup will hold; “he drank a cup of coffee”; “he borrowed a cup of sugar”

cup

(noun) any cup-shaped concavity; “bees filled the waxen cups with honey”; “he wore a jock strap with a metal cup”; “the cup of her bra”

cup, transfuse

(verb) treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient’s skin

cup

(verb) put into a cup; “cup the milk”

cup

(verb) form into the shape of a cup; “She cupped her hands”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

cup (plural cups)

A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.

The contents of said vessel; a cupful.

A customary unit of measure

(US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (1/16 of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.

(Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (1/20 imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.

(UK, dated) A British unit of measure equal to 1/2 imperial pints (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300 mL.

A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.

A contest for which a cup is awarded.

(association football) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.

(golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.

(in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.

(US, Canada) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)

One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.

Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.

(mathematics) The symbol $$\cup$$ denoting union and similar operations (confer cap).

A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.

(ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.

A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).

Anything shaped like a cup.

• William Shenstone

(medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.

That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.

Coordinate terms

• mug

• pannikin

Verb

cup (third-person singular simple present cups, present participle cupping, simple past and past participle cupped)

(transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.

(transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.

(transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.

(transitive, obsolete) To supply with cups of wine.

(transitive, surgery, archaic) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.

(transitive, engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.

Anagrams

• CPU, P.U.C., PUC, Pcu, UPC

Source: Wiktionary

Cup (kp), n. Etym: [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask; cf. also Gr. k pit, hollow, OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. Coop, Cupola, Cowl a water vessel, and Cob, Coif, Cop.]

1. A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like.

2. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful. Give me a cup of sack, boy. Shak.

3. pl.

Definition: Repeated potations; social or exessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry. Thence from cups to civil broils. Milton.

4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. Matt. xxvi. 39.

5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower. The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. Shenstone.

6. (Med.)

Definition: A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping. Cup and ball, a familiar toy of children, having a cup on the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. Milman.- Cup and can, familiar companions.

– Dry cup, Wet cup (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under Cupping.

– To be in one's cups, to be drunk.

Cup, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cupped (kpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cupping.]

1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.] Cup us, till the world go round. Shak.

2. (Surg.)

Definition: To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.

3. (Mech.)

Definition: To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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