cup

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Pronunciation
/kʌp/
/kʌp/
Noun
17 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Pour the tea into the cup.
2 Definition

The contents of said vessel; a cupful.

Example Sentences
  • I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.
3 Definition

A customary unit of measure

4 Definition

A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.

Example Sentences
  • The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.
5 Definition

A contest for which a cup is awarded.

Example Sentences
  • The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.
6 Definition

The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.

7 Definition

A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.

Example Sentences
  • The ball just misses the cup.
8 Definition

(in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.

Example Sentences
  • cider cup; gin cup; claret cup
9 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.
10 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.
11 Definition

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

12 Definition

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

13 Definition

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

14 Definition

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

15 Definition

Anything shaped like a cup.

Example Sentences
  • the cup of an acorn
16 Definition

A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.

17 Definition

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

Verb
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.
2 Definition

To hold something in cupped hands.

Example Sentences
  • He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.
3 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • We are cupping some new brands of coffee today.
4 Definition

To supply with cups of wine.

5 Definition

To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.

6 Definition

To make concave or in the form of a cup.

Example Sentences
  • to cup the end of a screw