Adjacent Words

Cup definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CUP, n. [L., a little cup.]
1. A small vessel of capacity, used commonly to drink out of. It is usually made of metal; as a silver cup; a tin cup. But the name is also given to vessels of like shape used for other purposes. It is usually more deep than wide; but tea-cups and coffee-cups are often exceptions.
2. The contents of a cup; the liquor contained in a cup, or that it may contain; as a cup of beer. See 1 Corinthians 11.
3. In a scriptural sense, sufferings and afflictions; that which is to be received or endured.
O my father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. Matthew 26.
4. Good received; blessings and favors.
My cup runneth over. Psalms 23.
Take the cup of salvation, that is, receive the blessings of deliverance and redemption with joy and thanksgiving.
5. Any thing hollow like a cup; as the cup of an acorn. The bell of a flower, and a calyx is called a flower-cup.
6. A glass cup or vessel used for drawing blood in scarification.
Cup and can, familiar companions; the can being the large vessel out of which the cup is filled, and thus the two being constantly associated.
Cups, in the plural, social entertainment in drinking; merry bout.
Thence from cups to civil broils.
CUP, v.i.
1. In surgery, to apply a cupping-glass to procure a discharge of blood from a scarified part of the body.
2. To supply with cups.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing"
2: the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar" [syn: cup, cupful]
3: any cup-shaped concavity; "bees filled the waxen cups with honey"; "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"; "the cup of her bra"
4: a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
5: cup-shaped plant organ
6: a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
7: the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green; "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away"; "put the flag back in the cup"
8: a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition; "the school kept the cups is a special glass case" [syn: cup, loving cup] v
1: form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands"
2: put into a cup; "cup the milk"
3: treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin [syn: cup, transfuse]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English cuppe, from Old English, from Late Latin cuppa cup, alteration of Latin cupa tub — more at hive Date: before 12th century 1. an open usually bowl-shaped drinking vessel 2. a. a drinking vessel and its contents b. the consecrated wine of the Communion 3. something that falls to one's lot 4. an ornamental cup offered as a prize (as in a championship) 5. something resembling a cup: as a. a cup-shaped plant organ b. an athletic supporter reinforced usually with plastic to provide extra protection to the wearer c. either of two parts of a brassiere that are shaped like and fit over the breasts d. the metal case inside a hole in golf; also the hole itself 6. a usually iced beverage resembling punch but served from a pitcher rather than a bowl 7. a half pint ; eight fluid ounces 8. a food served in a cup-shaped usually footed vessel <a fruit cup> 9. the symbol ? indicating the union of two sets — compare cap 7 • cuplike adjective II. transitive verb (cupped; cupping) Date: 14th century 1. to treat by cupping 2. a. to curve into the shape of a cup <cupped his hands around his mouth> b. to place in or as if in a cup

Oxford Reference Dictionary

abbr. Cambridge University Press.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a small bowl-shaped container, usu. with a handle for drinking from. 2 a its contents (a cup of tea). b = CUPFUL. 3 a cup-shaped thing, esp. the calyx of a flower or the socket of a bone. 4 flavoured wine, cider, etc., usu. chilled. 5 an ornamental cup-shaped trophy as a prize for victory or prowess, esp. in a sports contest. 6 one's fate or fortune (a bitter cup). 7 either of the two cup-shaped parts of a brassière. 8 the chalice used or the wine taken at the Eucharist. 9 Golf the hole on a putting-green or the metal container in it. --v.tr. (cupped, cupping) 1 form (esp. one's hands) into the shape of a cup. 2 take or hold as in a cup. 3 hist. bleed (a person) by using a glass in which a partial vacuum is formed by heating. Phrases and idioms: cup-cake a small cake baked in a cup-shaped foil or paper container and often iced. Cup Final a final match in a competition for a cup. cup lichen a lichen, Cladonia pyxidata, with cup-shaped processes arising from the thallus. one's cup of tea colloq. what interests or suits one. cup-tie a match in a competition for a cup. in one's cups while drunk; drunk. Etymology: OE cuppe f. med.L cuppa cup, prob. differentiated from L cupa tub

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Grease cock Grease cock or cup cup . (Mach.) A cock or cup containing grease, to serve as a lubricator.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crater Cra"ter (kr?t?r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai to mix; cf. Skr. [,c]r[imac] to mix, [,c]ir to cook, [,c]r[=a] to cook. Cf. Grail, in Holy Grail.] 1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. 2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cup Cup, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cupped (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cupping.] 1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.] Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak. 2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping. 3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cup 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cups, cupping, cupped) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A cup is a small round container that you drink from. Cups usually have handles and are made from china or plastic. ...cups and saucers. N-COUNT • A cup of something is the amount of something contained in a cup. Mix about four cups of white flour with a pinch of salt. N-COUNT: usu N of n 2. Things, or parts of things, that are small, round, and hollow in shape can be referred to as cups. ...the brass cups of the small chandelier. N-COUNT: oft N of n 3. A cup is a large metal cup with two handles that is given to the winner of a game or competition. = trophy N-COUNT 4. Cup is used in the names of some sports competitions in which the prize is a cup. Sri Lanka's cricket team will play India in the final of the Asia Cup. N-COUNT: usu the n N 5. If you cup your hands, you make them into a curved shape like a cup. He cupped his hands around his mouth and called out for Diane... David knelt, cupped his hands and splashed river water on to his face... She held it in her cupped hands for us to see. VERB: V n prep, V n, V-ed 6. If you cup something in your hands, you make your hands into a curved dish-like shape and support it or hold it gently. He cupped her chin in the palm of his hand... He cradled the baby in his arms, his hands cupping her tiny skull. VERB: V n prep, V n 7. not your cup of tea: see tea

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

(Most frequently, koc; four other words in one passage each; poterion): A vessel for drinking from, of a variety of material (gold, silver, earthenware), patterns (Es 1:7) and elaboration.

Figurative: By ordinary figure of speech, put sometimes for the contents of the cup, namely, for that which is drunk (Mt 26:39). In both Old Testament and New Testament applied figuratively to that which is portioned out, and of which one is to partake; most frequently used of what is sorrowful, as God's judgments, His wrath, afflictions, etc. (Ps 11:6; 75:8; Isa 51:17; Re 14:10). In a similar sense, used by Christ concerning the sufferings endured by Him (Mt 26:39), and the calamities attending the confession of His name (Mt 20:23). In the Old Testament applied also to the blessedness and joy of the children of God, and the full provision made for their wants (Ps 16:5; 23:5; 116:13; compare Jer 16:7; Pr 31:6). All these passages refer not only to the experience of an allotted joy and sorrow, but to the fact that all others share in this experience. Within a community of those having the same interests or lot, each received his apportioned measure, just as at a feast, each cup is filled for the individual to drain at the same time that his fellow-guests are occupied in the same way.

The Holy Supper is called "the cup of the Lord" (1Co 10:21), since it is the Lord who makes the feast, and tenders the cup, just as "the cup of demons" with which it is contrasted, refers to what they offer and communicate. In 1Co 11:25, the cup is called "the new covenant in my blood," i.e. it is a pledge and seal and means of imparting the blessings of the new covenant (Heb 10:16 f)--a covenant established by the shedding of the blood of Christ. The use of the word "cup" for the sacrament shows how prominent was the part which the cup had in the Lord's Supper in apostolic times. Not only were all commanded to drink of the wine (Mt 26:27), but the very irregularities in the Corinthian church point to its universal use (1Co 11:27). Nor does the Roman church attempt to justify its withholding the cup from the laity (the communion in one form) upon conformity with apostolic practice, or upon direct Scriptural authority. This variation from the original institution is an outgrowth of the doctrines of transubstantiation and sacramental concomitance, of the attempt to transform the sacrament of the Eucharist into the sacrifice of the Mass, and of the wide separation between clergy and laity resulting from raising the ministry to the rank of a sacerdotal order. The practice was condemned by Popes Leo I (died 461) and Gelasius (died 496); but gained a firm hold in the 12th century, and was enacted into a church regulation by the Council of Constance in 1415.

See also BLESSING, CUP OF.

As to the use of cups for divination (Ge 44:5), the reference is to superstitious practice derived from the Gentiles. For various modes of divining what is unknown by the pouring of water into bowls, and making observations accordingly, see Geikie, Hours with the Bible, I, 492 f, and article DIVINATION.

H. E. Jacobs

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Chalice, beaker, goblet, bowl. 2. Draught, potion, cupful. 3. Lot, portion. 4. Cupping-glass.

Dictionary of Ro

supplement

Moby Thesaurus

Friday, Friday the thirteenth, Old Mug, alveolation, alveolus, antrum, appointed lot, arch, armpit, astral influences, astrology, bail, barrow, basin, bays, beaker, blackjack, bleed, book of fate, boundary stone, bowl, brass, bucket, bust, cairn, cave, cave in, cavity, cenotaph, chalice, chaplet, civic crown, coffee cup, column, concave, concavity, constellation, crater, cromlech, cross, crown, crypt, cyclolith, decant, depression, destination, destiny, dies funestis, dip, dish, dish out, dish up, dolmen, doom, eggcup, end, fatality, fate, fold, follicle, footstone, foredoom, fork, fortune, funnel chest, future, garland, give a transfusion, glass, goblet, grave, gravestone, headstone, highball glass, hoarstone, hole, hollow, hollow out, hollow shell, horn, ides of March, incurve, inevitability, inscription, jigger, kismet, lacuna, ladle, laurel, laurels, leech, let blood, lot, loving cup, marker, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, moira, monolith, monument, mound, mug, necrology, noggin, obelisk, obituary, palm, palms, perfuse, phlebotomize, pillar, pit, planets, plaque, pocket, pony, portion, pot, pour, prize, punch bowl, pyramid, reliquary, remembrance, retire, retreat, ribbon, rostral column, schooner, schooper, scoop, shaft, shell, shot glass, shovel, shrine, sink, sinus, socket, spade, spoon, stars, stein, stela, stone, stupa, tablet, tankard, tassie, teacup, testimonial, tomb, tombstone, tope, transfuse, trophy, trough, tumbler, unlucky day, vug, weird, wheel of fortune, will of Heaven, wineglass, wreath