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cup
(kŭp)n.
1.
a. A small open container, usually with a flat bottom and a handle, used for drinking.
b. Such a container and its contents.
2. Abbr. c. A unit of capacity or volume equal to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters). See Table at measurement.
3. The bowl of a drinking vessel.
4. The chalice or the wine used in the celebration of the Eucharist.
5. A decorative cup-shaped vessel awarded as a prize or trophy.
6. Sports A golf hole or the metal container inside a hole.
7. Either of the two parts of a brassiere that fit over the breasts.
8. An athletic supporter having a protective reinforcement of rigid plastic or metal.
9. A sweetened, flavored, usually chilled beverage, especially one made with wine: claret cup.
10. A dish served in a cup-shaped vessel: fruit cup.
11.
a. A cuplike object.
b. Biology A cuplike structure or organ.
12. A lot or portion to be suffered or enjoyed.
tr.v. cupped, cup·ping, cups
Idioms: 1. To shape like a cup: cup one's hands.
2. To place one's curved hand or hands over or around: cupped his chin in his hands.
3. To subject to the therapeutic procedure of cupping.
cup of tea
1. Something that one excels in or enjoys: Opera is not my cup of tea.
2. A matter to be reckoned or dealt with: Recreational sport is relaxing. Professional sport is another cup of tea altogether.
in (one's) cups
Intoxicated; drunk.
[Middle English cuppe, from Old English, from Late Latin cuppa, drinking vessel, possibly variant of Latin cūpa, tub, cask; see cupola.]
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cup
(kʌp)n
1. a small open container, usually having one handle, used for drinking from
2. the contents of such a container: that cup was too sweet.
3. (Units) Also called: teacup or cupful a unit of capacity used in cooking equal to approximately half a pint, 8 fluid ounces, or about one quarter of a litre
4. something resembling a cup in shape or function, such as the flower base of some plants of the rose family or a cuplike bodily organ
5. (Clothing & Fashion) either of two cup-shaped parts of a brassiere, designed to support the breasts
6. a cup-shaped trophy awarded as a prize
7. (General Sporting Terms)
a. a sporting contest in which a cup is awarded to the winner
b. (as modifier): a cup competition.
8. (Brewing) a mixed drink with one ingredient as a base, usually served from a bowl: claret cup.
9. (Golf) golf the hole or metal container in the hole on a green
10. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the chalice or the consecrated wine used in the Eucharist
11. one's lot in life
12. in one's cups drunk
13. one's cup of tea informal one's chosen or preferred thing, task, company, etc: she's not my cup of tea.
vb (tr) , cups, cupping or cupped
14. to form (something, such as the hands) into the shape of a cup
15. to put into or as if into a cup
16. (Medicine) archaic to draw blood to the surface of the body of (a person) by using a cupping glass
[Old English cuppe, from Late Latin cuppa cup, alteration of Latin cūpa cask]
ˈcupˌlike adj
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cup
(kʌp)n., v. cupped, cup•ping. n.
1. a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usu. with a handle, used chiefly as a drinking vessel for hot beverages.
2. the bowllike part of a goblet or the like.
3. a cup with its contents.
4. the quantity contained in a cup.
5. a unit of capacity equal to 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters) or 16 tablespoons; half pint.
6. an ornamental bowl, vase, etc., esp. of precious metal, offered as a prize for a contest.
7. any of various mixed drinks, as wine with fruit and other ingredients.
8. the chalice or wine used in the Eucharist.
9. something to be partaken of or endured; one's portion, as of joy or suffering.
10. cups, the drinking of intoxicating liquors.
11. any cuplike utensil, organ, part, cavity, etc.
12. either of the two forms that cover the breasts in a brassiere.
13. an athletic supporter protectively reinforced with rigid plastic or metal.
14.
v.t. a. the metal receptacle within a golf hole.
b. the hole itself.
15. to take, place, or hold in or as if in a cup.
16. to form into a cuplike shape: to cup one's hands.
Idioms: 1. in one's cups, intoxicated; drunk.
2. one's cup of tea, something suited or attractive to one.
[before 1000; Middle English, Old English cuppe < Latin cuppa, variant of cūpa tub, cask]
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cup
– glass – mug1. 'cup'
A cup is a small, round container, usually with a handle, from which you drink hot drinks such as tea and coffee. When you are not holding a cup, you usually rest it on a saucer.
John put his cup and saucer on the coffee table.
A cup is also a unit of measurement used in cooking.
Mix four cups of flour with a pinch of salt.
2. 'glass'
A glass is a container made out of glass and used for cold drinks.
I put down my glass and stood up.
He poured Ellen a glass of juice.
3. 'mug'
A mug is a large deep cup with straight sides and a handle, used for hot drinks. You don't rest a mug on a saucer.
He spooned instant coffee into two of the mugs.
4. containers and contents
You can use cup, glass, and mug to talk about either the containers or their contents.
I dropped the cup and it broke.
Drink eight glasses of water a day.
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cup
Past participle: cupped
Gerund: cupping
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cup
A measure of volume (either liquid or solid) used especially in cooking. 1 cup = 1⁄2 pt, 8 fluid ounces (16 tbsp).
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| Noun | 1. | cup - 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" beaker - a cup (usually without a handle) coffee cup - a cup from which coffee is drunk container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) grace cup - cup to be passed around for the final toast after a meal moustache cup, mustache cup - a drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drink scyphus - an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base teacup - a cup from which tea is drunk |
| 2. | cup - the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar" containerful - the quantity that a container will hold | |
| 3. | cup - 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. |  cup - a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ouncesUnited States liquid unit - a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System gill - a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces pint - a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart | |
| 5. | cup - cup-shaped plant organ plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus | |
| 6. | cup - a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl punch - an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl champagne cup - a punch containing a sparkling wine claret cup - a punch made of claret and brandy with lemon juice and sugar and sometimes sherry or curacao and fresh fruit | |
| 7. | cup - 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" hole - an opening deliberately made in or through something | |
| 8. | cup - 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" Davis Cup - cup awarded for the annual international team tennis competition | |
| Verb | 1. | cup - form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands" |
| 2. | cup - put into a cup; "cup the milk" | |
| 3. |  cup - treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skinpractice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
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cup
noun
2. trophy First prize is a silver cup and a scroll.
Cups and other drinking vessels
canteen, champagne flute, chalice, copita, cup, demitasse, glass, goblet, mug, porrón, quaich, schooner, tankard, tassie, tumbler, water bottleCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
فِنْجَانكأسكوب، فنجان، قَدَح، كأسيحْمِل في كف مَضْـمومَة كالكأسيضُمُّ كَفّيْـه على شَكل الكأس
šálekpohárdržet v dlaníchhrneknastavit dlaně do tvaru šálku
koppokalskålcupdanne skål med hænderne
taso
kuppi
šalica
csészekupamarkába vesztölcsért formál
bollihalda á e-u í lófahvilftlíkja eftir bollaverîlaunabikar
カップコップ茶わん
컵
laikyti delnuosepomėgisspintelėtaurės finalinės rungtynėstaurės rungtynės
kausssalikt plaukstas kausveidātaseturēt kausveidīgi saliktās plaukstās
držať v dlani
pokalskodelica
koppkupa
ถ้วย
tách
cup
[kʌp]A. N (for tea, etc) → taza f; (= amount) (also cupful) → taza f (Sport etc) (= prize) → copa f (Rel) (= chalice) → cáliz m; [of brassiere] → copa f
a cup of tea → una taza de té, un té
coffee cup → tacita f, pocillo m (LAm)
how's your cup? → ¿quieres más té/café ?
his cup of sorrow was full → le agobiaba el dolor
to be in one's cups → estar borracho
to be sb's cup of tea it's not everyone's cup of tea → no es del gusto de todos
he's not my cup of tea → no es de mi agrado, no es santo de mi devoción
football isn't my cup of tea → a mí el fútbol no me va
see also paper C
a cup of tea → una taza de té, un té
coffee cup → tacita f, pocillo m (LAm)
how's your cup? → ¿quieres más té/café ?
his cup of sorrow was full → le agobiaba el dolor
to be in one's cups → estar borracho
to be sb's cup of tea it's not everyone's cup of tea → no es del gusto de todos
he's not my cup of tea → no es de mi agrado, no es santo de mi devoción
football isn't my cup of tea → a mí el fútbol no me va
see also paper C
B. VT to cup one's hands (for shouting) → formar bocina con las manos; (for drinking) → ahuecar las manos
to cup one's hands round sth → rodear algo con las manos
to cup one's hands round sth → rodear algo con las manos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cup
[ˈkʌp] n
(for drinking) → tasse f
a china cup → une tasse en porcelaine
a cup of tea → une tasse de thé, un thé
a cup of coffee → un café
not sb's cup of tea
That's not my cup of tea → C'est pas mon genre.
He's not my cup of tea → Il n'est pas mon genre.
She's not my cup of tea → Elle n'est pas mon genre.
a china cup → une tasse en porcelaine
a cup of tea → une tasse de thé, un thé
a cup of coffee → un café
not sb's cup of tea
That's not my cup of tea → C'est pas mon genre.
He's not my cup of tea → Il n'est pas mon genre.
She's not my cup of tea → Elle n'est pas mon genre.
(= prize) → coupe f
(SPORT) (= event) → coupe f
[bra] → bonnet m
(US) (in recipes) (= quantity) → tasse f
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cup
n
→ Tasse f; (= goblet) → Pokal m, → Kelch m; (= mug) → Becher m; (Eccl) → Kelch m; in his cups (dated inf) → angezecht
(= cupful) → Tasse f; (Cook, standard measure) → 8 fl oz = 0,22 l; a cup of tea/water → eine Tasse Tee/Wasser; that’s just/that’s not my cup of tea (fig inf) → das ist genau/ist nicht mein Fall; she’s not everyone’s cup of tea → ihre Art gefällt nicht jedem
(= prize, football cup etc) → Pokal m; they’re out of the Cup → sie sind aus dem Pokal(wettbewerb) ausgeschieden
(Bot: of flower) → Kelch m; (of bra) → Körbchen nt; (Golf) → Metallbüchse f (im Loch); (Med: = cupping glass) → Schröpfkopf m
vt
hands → hohl machen; cupped hand → hohle Hand; he cupped his hands and blew into them → er blies sich (dat) → in die Hände; to cup something in one’s hands → etw in der hohlen Hand halten; he cupped his chin in his hand → er stützte das Kinn in die Hand; to cup one’s or a hand to one’s ear → die Hand ans Ohr halten; to cup one’s hands around something → etw mit der hohlen Hand umfassen
(Med) → schröpfen
(Golf) → einlochen mit
cup
:cup-and-ball
n → Fangbecherspiel nt
cupbearer
n → Mundschenk m
cup
:cupcake
n kleiner, runder Kuchen
Cup Final
n → Pokalendspiel nt; (international also) → Cupfinale nt
Cup Finalist
n → Teilnehmer(in) m(f) → am Pokalendspiel
cupful
n pl <cupsful, cupfuls> → Tasse f → (voll)
cup
:cup size
n (of bra) → Körbchengröße f
cup tie
n → Pokalspiel nt
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cup
[kʌp]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cup
(kap) noun1. a usually round hollow container to hold liquid for drinking, often with a handle. a teacup; a cup of tea.
2. an ornamental vessel, usually of silver or other metal, given as a prize in sports events etc. They won the Football League Cup.
verb – past tense, past participle cupped – 1. to form (one's hands) into the shape of a cup. He cupped his hands round his mouth and called.
2. to hold (something) in one's cupped hands. He cupped the egg in his hands.
ˈcupful nounthree cupfuls of water.
cupboard (ˈkabəd) noun (American ˈcloset) a cabinet of any size up to that of a small room for storing anything. Put the food in the cupboard; a broom cupboard.
cup final the final match in a football competition in which the prize is a cup.
ˈcup-tie noun one of a series of games in a football competition in which the prize is a cup.
one's cup of tea the sort of thing one likes or prefers. Classical music is not my cup of tea.
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cup
→ فِنْجَان šálek kop Tasse φλιτζάνι taza kuppi tasse šalica tazza カップ 컵 kopje kopp filiżanka chávena, xícara чашка kopp ถ้วย tas tách 杯Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cup
n. copa; ventosa;
optic ___ → ___ de ojo, ___ ocular;
measuring ___ → taza de medir.
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