meaning of cup
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.
3. Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.
4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.
6. A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
7. To supply with cups of wine.
8. To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.
9. To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.
10. 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"
Related Words
cup | cup and saucer | cup final | cup fungus | cup hook | cup morel | cup of tea | cup tie | cup-gall | cup-moss | cup-rose | cup-shaped | cupbearer | cupboard | cupboard love | cupcake | cupel | cupellation | cupelled | cupelling | cupflower | cupful | cupfuls | cupid | cupidity | cupids bow | cupids dart | cupids disease | cupids itch | cuplike |
