cup

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: cupfulloving cuptransfuse

WordNet 3.0

Noun (8)

  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”Synonyms: 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”Synonyms: loving cup

Verb (3)

  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 skinSynonyms: transfuse
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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]

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]

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