1. cup, 2. white cup with golden edge, 3. cosmogony origin
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.
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.
1. To place in or as in a cup.
2. To shape like a cup: cup one’s hand.
3. To subject to the therapeutic procedure of cupping.