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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 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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