cup

I UK [kʌp] / US noun
Word forms "cup":
singular cup plural cups
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1) [countable] a small round container for a drink, usually with a handle

Henry took the coffee cups into the kitchen.

She filled my cup with hot tea.

cups and saucers:

Where do you keep the cups and saucers?

a) the drink contained in a cup

I've already had two cups.

cup of:

Would you like a cup of coffee?

b) the amount that a cup contains, used in the US as a unit for measuring quantities of food when you are cooking

cup of:

Mix one cup of sugar with three cups of flour.

2)

a) [countable] a large round metal container with two handles given as a prize to the winner of a competition

b) Cup a sports competition in which the prize is a large metal cup

the team's victory in the World Cup

3) [countable] something that is small, round, and has an empty space inside

the cup of someone's hand:

She held the sweets in the cup of her hand.

4) [countable] one of the two round parts of a bra that cover a woman's breasts

What cup size are you?

5) [countable/uncountable] an alcoholic drink made from a mixture of two or more drinks, especially wine and fruit juice

fruit cup

6) [countable] American a hole in the game of golf

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- in your cups

- not be someone's cup of tea

II UK [kʌp] / US verb [transitive]
Word forms "cup":
present tense I/you/we/they cup he/she/it cups present participle cupping past tense cupped past participle cupped
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to hold or support something in your hands after making them into a curved shape

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cup your hand/hands — to make your hand/hands into a curved shape