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Cup

noun

A small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle. "The handle of the cup was missing"

The quantity a cup will hold. Synonym: cupful. "He borrowed a cup of sugar"

Any cup-shaped concavity. "He wore a jock strap with a metal cup" , "The cup of her bra"

A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces.

Cup-shaped plant organ.

A punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl.

The hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green. "Put the flag back in the cup"

A large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition. Synonym: loving cup.

verb

(past & past part. cupped; pres. part. cupping)

Form into the shape of a cup.

Put into a cup.

Treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin. Synonym: transfuse.

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"Cup" Quotes from Famous Books

... these things at once, and could not, but managed finally to get the child a piece of bread and a cup of coffee, and to allay her fears. Ans began to recover from his horrible journey and was able to speak, though ...

— A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen • Hamlin Garland

... the public prints. After he had introduced Arkwright, the senator drew his chair slightly away from him and turned in what seemed embarrassment to the man on his other side. The elderly gentleman next to Arkwright filled his glass, a servant placed a small cup of coffee at his elbow, and he lit a cigar and ...

— The Lion and the Unicorn and Other Stories • Richard Harding Davis

... her lips that like a cup have pledged the lips of heroes all, Paint her golden hair unwhitened while the many winters fall, Paint the beauty that is mistress of the wide world and ...

— The World's Desire • H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang

... drain, while we may, draughts of pleasure, Which from passion like ours will unceasingly flow; Let us pass round the cup of love's bliss in full measure, And quaff the contents as our ...

— Fugitive Pieces • George Gordon Noel Byron

... flowing dress of lilac crepe and a large black hat, had just given Mrs. Meadows a second cup of tea, and was clearly doing her duty—and showing it—to a guest whose entertainment could not be trusted to go of itself. The only other persons at the tea-table—the Meadowses having arrived late—were an elderly man with long Dundreary ...

— A Great Success • Mrs Humphry Ward

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