cup   (kŭp)    n.   A small open container, usually with a flat bottom and a handle, used for drinking. Such a container and its contents. A cuplike object. Biology A cuplike structure or organ. Abbr. c. A unit of capacity or volume equal to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters). See Table at measurement. The bowl of a drinking vessel. The chalice or the wine used in the celebration of the Eucharist. A decorative cup-shaped vessel awarded as a prize or trophy. Sports A golf hole or the metal container inside a hole. Either of the two parts of a brassiere that fit over the breasts. An athletic supporter having a protective reinforcement of rigid plastic or metal. A sweetened, flavored, usually chilled beverage, especially one made with wine: claret cup. A dish served in a cup-shaped vessel: fruit cup. A cuplike object. Biology A cuplike structure or organ. A lot or portion to be suffered or enjoyed. tr.v.   cupped, cup·ping, cups To place in or as in a cup. To shape like a cup: cup one's hand. To subject to the therapeutic procedure of cupping. [Middle English cuppe, from Old English, from Late Latin cuppa, drinking vessel, perhaps variant of Latin cūpa, tub, cask.]

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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.

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Also spelled: CUP

Main Entry: ¹cup
Pronunciation: 'k&p
Function: noun
1 : a usually open bowl-shaped drinking vessel often having a handle and a stemand base and sometimes a lid
2 : a drinking vessel and its contents : the beverage or food contained in a cup cup of coffee>
3 : something resembling a cup cup>: as a (1) : an athletic supporter reinforced for providing extra protectionto the wearer in certain strenuous sports (as boxing, hockey, or football) (2) : either of the two parts of a brassiere that are shaped like and fit over the breasts b : asmall bell-shaped glass formerly used in cupping c : a cap of metal shaped like the femoral head and used in plastic reconstruction of the hip joint

cup (kŭp)
n.

1. A cup-shaped structure or organ.
2. See cupping glass.
3. A unit of capacity or volume equal to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces.

v. cupped, cup·ping, cups
To subject a person or body part to the therapeutic procedure of cupping.

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a wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. All Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold (1 Kings 10: 21). The cups mentioned in the New Testament were made after Roman and Greek models, and were sometimes of gold (Rev. 17:4). The art of divining by means of a cup was practiced in Egypt (Gen. 44:2-17), and in the East generally. The "cup of salvation" (Ps. 116:13) is the cup of thanksgiving for the great salvation. The "cup of consolation" (Jer. 16:7) refers to the custom of friends sending viands and wine to console relatives in mourning (Prov. 31:6). In 1 Cor. 10:16, the "cup of blessing" is contrasted with the "cup of devils" (1 Cor. 10:21). The sacramental cup is the "cup of blessing," because of blessing pronounced over it (Matt. 26:27; Luke 22:17). The "portion of the cup" (Ps. 11:6; 16:5) denotes one's condition of life, prosperous or adverse. A "cup" is also a type of sensual allurement (Jer. 51:7; Prov. 23:31; Rev. 17:4). We read also of the "cup of astonishment," the "cup of trembling," and the "cup of God's wrath" (Ps. 75:8; Isa. 51:17; Jer. 25:15; Lam. 4:21; Ezek. 23:32; Rev. 16:19; comp. Matt. 26:39, 42; John 18:11). The cup is also the symbol of death (Matt. 16:28; Mark 9:1; Heb. 2:9).

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In addition to the idiom beginning with cup, also see in one's cups.

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