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adjectivehollowed out like a cup; cup-shaped. Origin of cuppedFirst recorded in 1790–1800; cup + -ed3 OTHER WORDS FROM cuppedun·cupped, adjectiveWords nearby cuppedcup of Elijah, cup of tea, cupola, cupolated, cuppa, cupped, cupper, cupping, cupping glass, cup plant, cuppy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cuppedI cupped my searing left cheek in my hand as I sobbed, muffling my mouth with the other so not to wake my daughter. I Was Pregnant When He Hit Me. Here's #WhyIStayed.|Anonymous|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Situated at 5,400 feet, it's encircled by jagged peaks that make you feel you're cupped inside a caldera. Big-Sky West Texas: A Road Trip Through Hidden America|Condé Nast Traveler|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST WE BOTH KNOW I CUPPED HIS BALLS, so we exchanged a, 'I know you know I just felt your balls look.' Penis Beakers and Constipated Dolls: What Mothers REALLY Want To Know|Tom Sykes|October 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST They cupped each other's hands and shifted their body weight ever-so-slightly. Gays Who Don't Want Gay Marriage|Natalie Neusch|February 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST
"Look at all the paparazzi going wild," he said, and cupped his hand to his mouth. Knowing Bill Cunningham|Philip Gefter|March 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST Another example of this kind, which occurs more frequently in practice, is a cupped ring such as shown in Figure 129. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught|Joshua Rose He sent me many messages of condolence, and the rather unpleasant advice to be cupped and scarified. A Confederate Girl's Diary|Sarah Margan Dawson Filling his cupped hands with water, he sent up shower after shower of mimic rain between them and the miserable, cowering beast. Strange Stories of the Great River|Abbie Johnston Grosvenor The birds sang and chirped in the lichened maples that cupped the little church in, and peace was over all the Putney valley. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903|Lucy Maud Montgomery She cupped her chin in her hand, and watched the play of knife and fork, her thoughts elsewhere. Rest Harrow|Maurice Hewlett
British Dictionary definitions for cupped
adjectivehollowed like a cup; concave Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cuppedsunken, depressed, void, vaulted, curved, cleft, notched, arched, indented, dimpled, excavated, pitted, striated, chance, portion, doom, end, lot, cup, ending |