cup meaning

Noun: cup  kúp

1. 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" 
2. The quantity a cup will hold
   "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar"
   - cupful 
3. 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" 
4. A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces 
5. Cup-shaped plant organ 
6. A punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl 
7. 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" 
8. 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"
   - loving cup

Verb: cup (cupped,cupping)  kúp

1. Form into the shape of a cup
   "She cupped her hands" 
2. Put into a cup
   "cup the milk" 
3. Treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
   - transfuse

Derived forms: cups, cupped, cupping

See also: cupping

Type of: care for, concave shape, concavity, container, containerful, crockery, dishware [US], enclose, form, hole, inclose, incurvation, incurvature, insert, introduce, plant organ, prise [Brit, Cdn], prize, punch, put in, shape, stick in, treat, trophy, United States liquid unit

Part of: pint

Encyclopedia: Cup

[Architecture]
1.

The deviation of the face of a board from a plane.

2.

A metal insert in a countersunk screw hole.

[Finance]
The ISO 4217 currency code for Cuban Peso.

[Medicine]
vb cupped; cup·ping vt : to treat by cupping
¦ vi : to undergo or perform cupping
n
1 : a usu. open bowl-shaped drinking vessel often having a handle and a stem and base and sometimes a lid
2 : a drinking vessel and its contents : the beverage or food contained in a cup ‹a second cup of coffee›
3 : something resembling a cup ‹invagination of the blastula to form a multilayered cellular cup›: as
a (1) : an athletic supporter reinforced for providing extra protection to the wearer in certain strenuous sports (as boxing, hockey, or football) (2) : either of the two parts of a brassiere that are shaped like and fit over the breasts
b : a small bell-shaped glass formerly used in cupping
c : a cap of metal shaped like the femoral head and used in plastic reconstruction of the hip joint

• acorn cup:    Noun: acorn cup&nb ...
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• blood cup:    Noun: blood cup&nb ...

Examples

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1. in a nutshell, it was not my cup of tea.
2. he has won several cups for shooting.
3. joy and grief were mingled in the cup.
4. the cup is full; no more will go in.
5. boiling water cracked a cup across the bottom.