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cup (kup)

noun

  1. a small, open container for beverages, usually bowl-shaped and with a handle
  2. the bowl part of a drinking vessel
  3. a cup and its contents
  4. the amount a cup holds; cupful: a standard measuring cup holds 8 fluid ounces or 16 tablespoons: abbrev. C
  5. anything shaped like a cup or bowl
  6. an ornamental, usually metal, cup with a stem and base, given as a prize
    1. the chalice containing the wine at Communion
    2. the wine
  8. one's portion, share, or allotment his cup of happiness was full
  9. something served as in a cup
  10. one of two sections of a bra that support the breasts
  11. a padded, hard-plastic protective device worn over the genitals by a male athlete
  12. Biol. any cuplike organ or structure
  13. Golf the container set in the hole sunk into the green, into which the ball drops; hole
  14. Med. a small glass bowl or similar object used in cupping

Etymology: ME & OE cuppe < LL cuppa, altered < L cupa, tub < IE *keup-, a hollow < base *keu-, to bend, arch > coomb, hump

transitive verb cupped, cupping cup′·ping

  1. to shape like a cup
  2. to take in or put into a cup
  3. Med. to treat with or subject to cupping

Related Forms:

cup Idioms

in one's cups

drunk; intoxicated

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cup Synonyms

cup

n.

mug, vessel, bowl, goblet, tumbler, beaker, stein, bumper, taster, standard, jorum, porringer, cannikin, grail, chalice, noggin, pannikin, tasse (French), tazza (Italian), gourd; see also can 1, container.

Varieties of cups include: tea, coffee, demitasse, soup, bouillon, cream soup, ale, chocolate, measuring, mustache.


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cup Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • tea: The words " Cold cup of tea " might help.

Converse of object

  • vend: The thin walled EPS cup offers the operator many advantages over alternative vending cups.

Adjective modifier

  • plastic: We go through hundreds of plastic cups a week, let's think about the environment.

Modifies a noun

  • tie: No ordinary cup tie either, in fact the Sherpa Van Trophy Northern Final Second Leg.

Noun used with modifier

  • suction: The last of three temporary radio transmitters attached to the 12-foot whale with suction cups fell off Wednesday.
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cup quotes

We flee from Death's bitter cup; he follows, loving and fain.

-Abu'l-'Ala¤   Al-Ma'arri

   The L ismy shepherd; Ishall not want.He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.Yea, though I walk through the valleyof theshadow of death,I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the L for ever.

-Bible (Old Testament)

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying,O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

-Bible (NewTestament)

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