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cup

noun
  1. a small open container usually used for drinking
  2. 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”
    loving cup
  3. the hole or metal container in the hole on a golf green
    “They swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away.”
  4. a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
  5. cup-shaped plant organ
  6. a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
  7. the quantity a cup will hold
    “They drank a cup of coffee.”
    cupful
  8. any cup-shaped concavity
    “bees filled the waxen cups with honey”
verb
  1. to treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
    transfuse
  2. to put into a cup
    “cup the milk”
  3. to form into the shape of a cup
    “They cupped their hands.”