Word: cup
Phonetic:
/kʌp/Listen:
A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle. Example: Pour the tea into the cup.
The contents of said vessel; a cupful. Example: I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.
A customary unit of measure
A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup. Example: The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.
A contest for which a cup is awarded. Example: The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.
The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole. Example: The ball just misses the cup.
(in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks. Example: cider cup; gin cup; claret cup
A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box) Example: Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.
One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast. Example: The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.
The symbol \cup denoting union and similar operations (confer cap).
A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
(ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).
Anything shaped like a cup. Example: the cup of an acorn
A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.
To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands. Example: Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.
To hold something in cupped hands. Example: He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.
To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup. Example: We are cupping some new brands of coffee today.
To supply with cups of wine.
To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
To make concave or in the form of a cup. Example: to cup the end of a screw
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