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Definition of Cup
Pronunciation: kŭpt | n. | 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. | | 3. | Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry. | | 4. | That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion. | | 5. | Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower. | | 6. | (Med.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping. | | v. t. | 1. | To supply with cups of wine. | | 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. |
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