cup

cup

1. a. A small open container, usually with a flat bottom and a handle, used for drinking.
   b. Such a container and its contents.
2. Abbr. c. A unit of capacity or volume equal to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters). See Table at measurement.
3. The bowl of a drinking vessel.
4. The chalice or the wine used in the celebration of the Eucharist.
5. A decorative cup-shaped vessel awarded as a prize or trophy.
6. Sports A golf hole or the metal container inside a hole.
7. Either of the two parts of a brassiere that fit over the breasts.
8. An athletic supporter having a protective reinforcement of rigid plastic or metal.
9. A sweetened, flavored, usually chilled beverage, especially one made with wine: claret cup.
10. A dish served in a cup-shaped vessel: fruit cup.
11. a. A cuplike object.
    b. Biology A cuplike structure or organ.
12. A lot or portion to be suffered or enjoyed.

1. To place in or as in a cup.
2. To shape like a cup: cup one's hand.
3. To subject to the therapeutic procedure of cupping.

Origin: Middle English cuppe, from Old English, from Late Latin cuppa, drinking vessel, perhaps variant of Latin cūpa, tub, cask.