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Meaning of 'cup' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cup [ 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.
- The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
- Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.
- That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
- Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.
- A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
2 . Cup [ v. t.]
- To supply with cups of wine.
- To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.
- To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.

Meaning of 'cup' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cup [ n]
Meaning (1):
- any cup-shaped concavity
Example in sentence:
  • bees filled the waxen cups with honey;
  • he wore a jock strap with a metal cup;
  • the cup of her bra
Meaning (2):
- the quantity a cup will hold
Example in sentence:
  • he borrowed a cup of sugar;
  • he drank a cup of coffee
Meaning (3):
- a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
Example in sentence:
  • he put the cup back in the saucer;
  • the handle of the cup was missing
Meaning (4):
- the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green
Example in sentence:
  • he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away;
  • put the flag back in the cup
Meaning (5):
- a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
Example in sentence:
  • the school kept the cups is a special glass case
6 . cup [ v]
Meaning (6):
- put into a cup
Example in sentence:
  • cup the milk
Meaning (7):
- form into the shape of a cup
Example in sentence:
  • She cupped her hands

Nearby Words:

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