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Definition of 'CUP'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cup
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usu. with a handle, used chiefly as a drinking vessel for hot beverages.

2.  cup
the bowllike part of a goblet or the like.

3.  cup
a cup with its contents.

4.  cup
the quantity contained in a cup.

5.  cup
a unit of capacity equal to 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters) or 16 tablespoons; half pint.

6.  cup
an ornamental bowl, vase, etc., esp. of precious metal, offered as a prize for a contest.

7.  cup
any of various mixed drinks, as wine with fruit and other ingredients.

8.  cup
the chalice or wine used in the Eucharist.

9.  cup
something to be partaken of or endured; one's portion, as of joy or suffering.

10.  cup
cups, the drinking of intoxicating liquors.

11.  cup
any cuplike utensil, organ, part, cavity, etc.

12.  cup
either of the two forms that cover the breasts in a brassiere.

13.  cup
an athletic supporter protectively reinforced with rigid plastic or metal.

14.  cup
the metal receptacle within a golf hole.

15.  cup
the hole itself.

16. (v.t.) cup
to take, place, or hold in or as if in a cup.

17.  cup
to form into a cuplike shape:
to cup one's hands.

Definition of 'CUP'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cup
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. (noun) cup, cupful
the quantity a cup will hold
"he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar"

3. (noun) cup
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. (noun) cup
a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces

5. (noun) cup
cup-shaped plant organ

6. (noun) cup
a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl

7. (noun) cup
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. (verb) cup, loving cup
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"

9. (verb) cup
form into the shape of a cup
"She cupped her hands"

10. (verb) cup
put into a cup
"cup the milk"

11. (verb) cup, transfuse
treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin

Definition of 'CUP'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) cup
popular/pop culture
a container, often with a handle, for drinking
a coffee/tea cup; a cup and saucer; paper/plastic cups

2.  cup
the amount a cup holds
to drink a cup of coffee

3.  cup
a unit of measurement in cooking
Add a cup of sugar.

4.  cup
Cup
used in the name of a competition in which the prize is a large cup
He hopes to win the Stanley Cup.

Definition of 'CUP'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) CUP
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

2. (noun) CUP
the contents of such a vessel; a cupful

3. (noun) CUP
repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry

4. (noun) CUP
that which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion

5. (noun) CUP
anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower

6. (noun) CUP
a cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping

7. (verb) CUP
to supply with cups of wine

8. (verb) CUP
to apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping

9. (verb) CUP
to make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw

Translation of 'CUP'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a usually round hollow container to hold liquid for drinking, often with a handle a teacup; a cup of tea.
Afrikaans: koppie, beker	Arabic: كوب، فنجان، قَدَح، كأس	Bulgarian: чашка
Brazilian: xícara	Czech: šálek	German: die Tasse
Danish: kop	Greek: φλιτζάνι	Spanish: taza
Estonian: tass	Farsi: فنجان	Finnish: kuppi
French: tasse	Hebrew: סֶפֶל	Hindi: प्याले के रूप दना
Croatian: šalica	Hungarian: csésze	Indonesian: cangkir
Icelandic: bolli	Italian: tazza	Japanese: カップ
Korean: 컵	Lithuanian: puodelis	Latvian: tase
Malay: cawan	Dutch: kop	Norwegian: kopp, beger
Polish: filiżanka	Persian: فنجان	Pashto: پیاله
Portuguese: chávena	Romanian: ceaşcă	Russian: чашка
Slovak: šálka	Slovenian: skodelica	Serbian: šolja
Swedish: kopp	Thai: ถ้วย	Turkish: fincan
Taiwanese: 杯子	Ukrainian: чашка	Urdu: پیالی، پیال‍ہ
Vietnamese: tách	Chinese: 杯子
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