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cupped

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cupped

  [kuhpt]
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–adjective
hollowed out like a cup; cup-shaped.
Origin:
1790–1800; cup + -ed 3

cup

  [kuhp] noun, verb, cupped, cup⋅ping.
–noun
1. a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
2. the bowllike part of a goblet or the like.
3. a cup with its contents.
4. the quantity contained in a cup.
5. a unit of capacity, equal to 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters) or 16 tablespoons; half-pint.
6. an ornamental bowl, vase, etc., esp. of precious metal, offered as a prize for a contest.
7. any of various beverages, as a mixture of wine and various ingredients: claret cup.
8. the chalice used in the Eucharist.
9. the wine of the Eucharist.
10. something to be partaken of or endured; one's portion, as of joy or suffering.
11. cups, the drinking of intoxicating liquors.
12. any cuplike utensil, organ, part, cavity, etc.
13. either of the two forms that cover and usually support the breasts in a brassiere or other garment, as a bathing suit.
14. an athletic supporter reinforced with rigid plastic or metal for added protection.
15. Golf.
a. the metal receptacle within the hole.
b. the hole itself.
16. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Crater.
17. cupping glass.
18. Metalworking. a cylindrical shell closed at one end, esp. one produced in the first stages of a deep-drawing operation.
19. Mathematics. the cuplike symbol ∪, used to indicate the union of two sets. Compare union (def. 10a).
–verb (used with object)
20. to take or place in, or as in, a cup: He cupped his ear with the palm of his hand.
21. to form into a cuplike shape: He cupped his hands.
22. to use a cupping glass on.
23. Metalworking. to form (tubing, containers, etc.) by punching hot strip or sheet metal and drawing it through a die. Compare deep-draw.
—Idiom
24. in one's cups, intoxicated; drunk.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE cuppe < L cuppa, var. of cūpa tub, cask

Related forms:
cuplike, adjective
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cup   (kŭp)   
n.  

    1. A small open container, usually with a flat bottom and a handle, used for drinking.

    2. Such a container and its contents.

    3. A cuplike object.

    4. Biology A cuplike structure or organ.

  2. Abbr. c. A unit of capacity or volume equal to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters). See Table at measurement.

  3. The bowl of a drinking vessel.

  4. The chalice or the wine used in the celebration of the Eucharist.

  5. A decorative cup-shaped vessel awarded as a prize or trophy.

  6. Sports A golf hole or the metal container inside a hole.

  7. Either of the two parts of a brassiere that fit over the breasts.

  8. An athletic supporter having a protective reinforcement of rigid plastic or metal.

  9. A sweetened, flavored, usually chilled beverage, especially one made with wine: claret cup.

  10. A dish served in a cup-shaped vessel: fruit cup.

    1. A cuplike object.

    2. Biology A cuplike structure or organ.

  12. A lot or portion to be suffered or enjoyed.

tr.v.   cupped, cup·ping, cups

  1. To place in or as in a cup.

  2. To shape like a cup: cup one's hand.

  3. 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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

cup 
O.E. cuppe, from L.L. cuppa, from L. cupa "tub," from PIE *keup- "a hollow." The Ger. cognate Kopf now means exclusively "head" (cf. Fr. tête, from L. testa "potsherd"). Meaning "part of a bra that holds a breast" is from 1938. Cupcake is 1828, Amer.Eng. Cupboard (c.1325) was originally a board or table to place cups and plates on; sense extended 1530 to "a closet or cabinet for food, etc." [One's] cup of tea "what interests one" (1932), earlier used of persons (1908), the sense being "what is invigorating."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2cup
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: cupped; cup·ping
transitive senses
: to treat by cupping cupintransitive senses
: to undergo or perform cupping
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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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