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NOUN (8)

1. a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle;
- Example: "he put the cup back in the saucer"
- Example: "the handle of the cup was missing"

2. the quantity a cup will hold;
- Example: "he drank a cup of coffee"
- Example: "he borrowed a cup of sugar"
[syn: cup, cupful]

3. any cup-shaped concavity;
- Example: "bees filled the waxen cups with honey"
- Example: "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "the school kept the cups is a special glass case"
[syn: cup, loving cup]


VERB (3)

1. form into the shape of a cup;
- Example: "She cupped her hands"

2. put into a cup;
- Example: "cup the milk"

3. treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin;
[syn: cup, transfuse]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Crater \Cra"ter\ (kr[=a]"t[~e]r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai to mix; cf. Skr. [,c]r[imac] to mix, [,c]ir to cook, [,c]r[=a] to cook. Cf. Grail, in Holy Grail.] 1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a bomb, shell, or mine. [1913 Webster] 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cup \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. [1913 Webster] 2. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful. [1913 Webster] Give me a cup of sack, boy. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. pl. Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry. [1913 Webster] Thence from cups to civil broils. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion. [1913 Webster] O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. --Matt. xxvi. 39. [1913 Webster] 5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower. [1913 Webster] The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. --Shenstone. [1913 Webster] 6. (Med.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cup \Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cupped (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cupping.] 1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.] [1913 Webster] Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cup n 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" [syn: cup, 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" [syn: cup, loving cup] v 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 [syn: cup, transfuse]