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Cup

Cup Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cup? [n] 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" [n] 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" [n] 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" [n] a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl [n] cup-shaped plant organ [n] a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces [n] the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar" [n] 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" [v] treat by cupping [v] put into a cup [v] form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cup: cupful \| loving cup \| transfuse Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cup: alveolation \| alveolus \| antrum \| appointed lot \| arch \| armpit \| astral influences \| astrology \| bail \| barrow \| basin \| bays \| beaker \| blackjack \| bleed \| book of fate \| boundary stone \| bowl \| brass \| bucket \| bust \| cairn \| cave \| cave in \| cavity \| cenotaph \| chalice \| chaplet \| civic crown \| coffee cup \| column \| concave \| concavity \| constellation \| crater \| cromlech \| cross \| crown \| crypt \| cyclolith \| decant \| depression \| destination \| destiny \| dies funestis \| dip \| dish \| dish out \| dish up \| dolmen \| doom \| eggcup \| end \| fatality \| fate \| fold \| follicle \| footstone \| foredoom \| fork \| fortune \| Friday \| Friday the thirteenth \| funnel chest \| future \| garland \| give a transfusion \| glass \| goblet \| grave \| gravestone \| headstone \| highball glass \| hoarstone \| hole \| hollow \| hollow out \| hollow shell \| horn \| ides of March \| incurve \| inevitability \| inscription \| jigger \| kismet \| lacuna \| ladle \| laurel \| laurels \| leech \| let blood \| lot \| loving cup \| marker \| mausoleum \| megalith \| memento \| memorial \| memorial arch \| memorial column \| memorial statue \| memorial stone \| menhir \| moira \| monolith \| monument \| mound \| mug \| necrology \| noggin \| obelisk \| obituary \| Old Mug \| palm \| palms \| perfuse \| phlebotomize \| pillar \| pit \| planets \| plaque \| pocket \| pony \| portion \| pot \| pour \| prize \| punch bowl \| pyramid \| reliquary \| remembrance \| retire \| retreat \| ribbon \| rostral column \| schooner \| schooper \| scoop \| shaft \| shell \| shot glass \| shovel \| shrine \| sink \| sinus \| socket \| spade \| spoon \| stars \| stein \| stela \| stone \| stupa \| tablet \| tankard \| tassie \| teacup \| testimonial \| tomb \| tombstone \| tope \| transfuse \| trophy \| trough \| tumbler \| unlucky day \| vug \| weird \| wheel of fortune \| will of Heaven \| wineglass \| wreath See Also \| acorn cup \| beaker \| care for \| chalice \| champagne cup \| claret cup \| coffee cup \| concave shape \| concavity \| container \| containerful \| crockery \| cupule \| cylix \| Davis Cup \| dishware \| Dixie cup \| drinking cup \| enclose \| form \| gill \| goblet \| grace cup \| hole \| inclose \| incurvation \| incurvature \| insert \| introduce \| kylix \| measuring cup \| moustache cup \| mustache cup \| paper cup \| pint \| plant organ \| prize \| punch \| put in \| scyphus \| shape \| stick in \| teacup \| treat \| trophy \| United States liquid unit Cup In Webster's Dictionary \Cup\ (k[u^]p), n. [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask; cf. also Gr. ky`ph hut, Skr. k[=u]pa 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. Repeated potations; social or excessive 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.) 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} (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cupping}.] 1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.] Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak. 2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See {Cupping}. 3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.

Cup Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cup?

[n] 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"
[n] 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"
[n] 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"
[n] a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
[n] cup-shaped plant organ
[n] a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
[n] the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar"
[n] 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"
[v] treat by cupping
[v] put into a cup
[v] form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cup: cupful | loving cup | transfuse

Cup In Webster's Dictionary

\Cup\ (k[u^]p), n. [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa
tub, cask; cf. also Gr. ky`ph hut, Skr. k[=u]pa 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. Repeated potations; social or excessive 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.) 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} (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Cupping}.]
1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.]

         Cup us, till the world go round.      --Shak.

2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the
   operation of cupping. See {Cupping}.

3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to
   cup the end of a screw.

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