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WIKTIONARY
cup
Noun
∙
A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
∙
The contents of said vessel; a cupful.
∙
A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces, 1/16 of a US gallon, or 236.5882365 ml.
∙
A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
∙
A contest for which a cup is awarded.
∙
The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
association football
∙
A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
golf
∙
A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (
for UK usage see
box)
US
∙
One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast, used as a measurement of size.
∙
The symbol ∪{\displaystyle \cup } denoting union and similar operations (
confer
cap).
mathematics
∙
A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
∙
(ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense
cupping
the thrower;
or
those three players.
∙
A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).
∙
Anything shaped like a cup.
∙
A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
medicine, historical
∙
That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
Verb
∙
To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
transitive
∙
To hold something in cupped hands.
transitive
∙
To supply with cups of wine.
transitive, obsolete
∙
To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
transitive, surgery, archaic
∙
To make concave or in the form of a cup.
transitive, engineering