Cup
[kʌp]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl.
(noun.) cup-shaped plant organ.
(noun.) a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces.
(noun.) the quantity a cup will hold; 'he drank a cup of coffee'; 'he borrowed a cup of sugar'.
(noun.) 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'.
(verb.) treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin.
(verb.) put into a cup; 'cup the milk'.
(verb.) form into the shape of a cup; 'She cupped her hands'.
Typed by Bush--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
(n.) Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.
(n.) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
(n.) Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.
(n.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
(v. t.) To supply with cups of wine.
(v. t.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.
(v. t.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.
Edited by Gene
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Chalice.[2]. Draught, potion, cupful.[3]. Lot, portion.[4]. Cupping-glass.
Editor: Nat
Definition
n. a vessel used to contain liquid: a drinking-vessel: the liquid contained in a cup: that which we must receive or undergo: afflictions: blessings.—v.i. to extract blood from the body by means of cupping-glasses: (Shak.) to make drunk:—pr.p. cup′ping; pa.p. cupped.—ns. Cup′-bear′er one who attends at a feast to fill out and hand the wine; Cupboard (kub′urd) a place for keeping victuals dishes &c.—v.t. to store.—ns. Cup′board-love -faith love or faith indulged in for a material end; Cup′ful as much as fills a cup:—pl. Cup′fuls; Cup′-gall a cup-shaped gall in oak-leaves; Cup′-lī′chen or -moss a species of Cladonia; Cup′man a boon companion; Cup′per a cup-bearer: one professionally engaged in cupping; Cup′ping the application of cups from which the air has been exhausted to a scarified part of the skin for the purpose of drawing blood; Cup′ping-glass a glass used in the operation of cupping; Dry′-cup′ping the application of cups without previous scarification; Lov′ing-cup a cup (from which all drink) passed round at the close of a feast.—Cry cupboard to cry for food; In his cups under the influence of liquor; Many a slip between the cup and the lip a proverb signifying that something adverse may occur at the last moment.
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Examples
- He flourished back and got his cup and set it down triumphantly, and said: Just try that mixture once, Captain Duncan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- With that rare thing he drank in the cup and all. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They should drink of the same cup, answered the Knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- After getting our lunch and upon reaching the sidewalk, Borst opened his mouth, and said: 'That's a great place; a plate of cakes, a cup of coffee, and a Russian bath, for ten cents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is enough, Robert Jordan said and dipped his cup into the wine bowl. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Mr. Bumble tasted the medicine with a doubtful look; smacked his lips; took another taste; and put the cup down empty. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A little cup is then fastened to the tree with a piece of soft clay to press the cup against it, and the juice runs into this cup. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Anselmo came out of the mouth of the cave with a deep stone basin full of red wine and with his fingers through the handles of three cups. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There were a couple of shelves, with a few plates and cups and saucers; and a pair of stage shoes and a couple of foils hung beneath them. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- To the snow, Pablo said and touched cups with him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such things ye do. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- However, there was no help for it, and the tea-tray came, with seven cups and saucers, and bread-and-butter on the same scale. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It will cost me several cups of tea, some toast and cake, and an ample measure of remonstrances, expostulations, and persuasions. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Nastasia brought the tea, with handleless Japanese cups and little covered dishes, placing the tray on a low table. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I shouted holding my hands cupped. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She is weak from being cupped and from medical treatment, but she will rally immediately. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His head was in the shadow but the sun shone on his plugged and bandaged wound and on his hands that were cupped over it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Robert Jordan looked up at Primitivo who had his head up now, his face looking toward them, his hand cupped to his ear. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He did not approve of a too lowering system, including reckless cupping, nor, on the other hand, of incessant port wine and bark. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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