cup
noun
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
Definition categories: man–made, container, crockery, dishware
2. the quantity a cup will hold
- he drank a cup of coffee
- he borrowed a cup of sugar
Similar word(s): cupful
Definition categories: quantity, containerful
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
Definition categories: shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
4. a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
Definition categories: quantity
5. cup-shaped plant organ
Definition categories: plant
6. a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
Definition categories: food, punch
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
Definition categories: man–made, hole
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
Definition categories: man–made, prize, trophy
Sentences with cup as a noun:
- Pour the tea into the cup.
- The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.
- The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.
- The ball just misses the cup.
- Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.
- The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.
- the cup of an acorn
verb
1. form into the shape of a cup
- She cupped her hands
Definition categories: change, form, shape
2. put into a cup
- cup the milk
Definition categories: change, enclose, inclose, insert, introduce
3. treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
Similar word(s): transfuse
Definition categories: body, treat
Sentences with cup as a verb:
- Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.
- He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.
- to cup the end of a screw