cup /kup/

1. A drinking vessel, roughly hemispherical, usu with one handle
2. A hollow
3. A cup-shaped structure (biology)
4. Either of the two cup-shaped supports for the breasts in a brassière
5. A cupful
6. A dry or liquid measure used in cooking, equal to approx half a pint (a little over one quarter of a litre)
7. The liquid, etc contained in a cup
8. A mixed beverage made with wine (as in claret cup)
9. An ornamental vessel offered as a prize
10. A competition with such a vessel as a prize
11. The plastic or metal casing that lines a hole (golf)
12. The hole itself
13. The chalice, or the consecrated wine, at the Eucharist
14. That which one receives or undergoes in life, one's lot in life

1. To form (one's hands) into the shape of a cup
2. To hold in one's cupped hands
3. To lodge in or as if in a cup
4. To draw blood to the surface of the skin by means of cupping-glasses in order to facilitate bloodletting or to relieve chest infection, etc (medicine)
5. To make drunk (obsolete)

To become cup-shaped

cupˈful noun (pl cupˈfuls)

As much as fills a cup

cupˈpa noun (informal)

A cup of tea

cuppˈer noun

1. A cupbearer
2. A person professionally engaged in cupping

cuppˈing noun (medicine)

(esp formerly) the application of cups from which the air is removed in order to draw blood to the surface of the skin

cupˈ-and-ball noun

1. A ball-and-socket joint
2. The game of catching a tethered ball in a cup on the end of a stick

cupˈ-and-ring (mark) noun (archaeology)

A cup mark surrounded by one or more incised rings, carved on stones

cupˈbearer noun

A person who attends at a feast to fill and hand out wine cups

cupˈcake noun

1. A small round cake baked in a foil or paper case
2. An attractive woman (N Am sl)
3. A mad or eccentric person (N Am sl)
4. A term of endearment (N American)

cup coral noun

A simple cup-shaped coral

cup final noun (sport)

The final and deciding match in a competition for a cup

cup fungus noun

Any fungus of the order Pezizales

cupˈgall noun

A cup-shaped gall in oak-leaves

cupˈhead noun

A hemispherical (or nearly so) bolthead or rivet head

cup lichen or cup moss noun

Any lichen with cup-shaped structures

cupˈman noun

A convivial companion

cup mark noun

A cup-shaped hollow made by prehistoric man on rocks, standing-stones, etc

cuppˈing-glass noun

A glass vessel used in cupping

cupˈ-tie noun (sport)

One of a series of games to determine the winners of a cup

cupˈ-tied adjective

1. (of a player) unable to play in a cup-tie because of injury or other disallowance
2. (of a team) involved in a cup-tie and therefore unable to play in other games

in one's cups

Under the influence of alcohol, drunk

one's cup of tea see under tea

there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip

The success of a venture should not be assumed and the possibility of failure or disaster should be recognized

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