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1. 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"
    
2. The quantity a cup will hold
   "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar"
   - cupful
    
3. 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"
    
4. A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
    
5. Cup-shaped plant organ
    
6. A punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
    
7. 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"
    
8. 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"
   - loving cup

1. Form into the shape of a cup
   "She cupped her hands"
    
2. Put into a cup
   "cup the milk"
    
3. Treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
   - transfuse

Derived forms: cups, cupped, cupping

See also: cupping

Type of: care for, concave shape, concavity, container, containerful, crockery, dishware [US], enclose, form, hole, inclose, incurvation, incurvature, insert, introduce, plant organ, prise [Brit, Cdn], prize, punch, put in, shape, stick in, treat, trophy, United States liquid unit

Part of: pint

Encyclopedia: Cup