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[noun] 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"
[noun] 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"
[noun] 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"
[noun] a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
[noun] cup-shaped plant organ
[noun] a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
[noun] the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar"
[noun] 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"
[verb] treat by cupping
[verb] put into a cup
[verb] form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands"
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\Cup\ (k[u^]p), n. [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask; cf. also Gr. ky`ph hut, Skr. k[=u]pa pit, hollow, OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. {Coop}, {Cupola}, {Cowl} a water vessel, and {Cob}, {Coif}, {Cop}.] 1. 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. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful. Give me a cup of sack, boy. --Shak. 3. pl. Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry. Thence from cups to civil broils. --Milton. 4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. --Matt. xxvi. 39. 5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower. The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. --Shenstone. 6. (Med.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping. {Cup and ball}, a familiar toy of children, having a cup on the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. --Milman. {Cup and can}, familiar companions. {Dry cup}, {Wet cup} (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under {Cupping}. {To be in one's cups}, to be drunk.
\Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupped} (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cupping}.] 1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.] Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak. 2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See {Cupping}. 3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.

Synonyms for cup

cupful, loving cup, transfuse

See also: acorn cup | beaker | care for | chalice | champagne cup | claret cup | coffee cup | concave shape | concavity | container | containerful | crockery | cupule | cylix | Davis Cup | dishware | Dixie cup | drinking cup | enclose | form | gill | goblet | grace cup | hole | inclose | incurvation | incurvature | insert | introduce | kylix | measuring cup | moustache cup | mustache cup | paper cup | pint | plant organ | prize | punch | put in | scyphus | shape | stick in | teacup | treat | trophy | United States liquid unit |

Related terms: appointed lot, bucket, coffee cup, end, fatality, fate, fork, Friday the thirteenth, garland, grave, hoarstone, hole, hollow, memento, memorial, memorial statue, mound, necrology, shrine, stupa, tablet, tomb

The fun area, different aproach to word »cup«

Let's analyse "cup" as pure text. This string has Three letters in One syllable and One vowel. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: PUC. Average typing speed for these characters is 750 milliseconds. [info]

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Morse code: -.-. ..- .--.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: cup: 3 = 3, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: cup: 3 + 3 + 7 = 13, reduced: 4, and the final result is Four.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
C (1) 3 Empress Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
P (1) 16 Tower Craftsman, Laborer, Builder
U (1) 21 World Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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