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Noun cup has 8 senses

cup - a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
--₁ is a kind of United States liquid unit
--₁ is a part of pint
--₁ has part: gill
cup, cupful - the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar"
--₂ is a kind of containerful

Derived form: verb cup₂
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"
--₃ is a kind of crockery, dishware; container
--₃ has particulars:
beaker; chalice, goblet; coffee cup; Dixie cup, paper cup, drinking cup; grace cup; kylix, cylix; measuring cup; mustache cup, moustache cup; scyphus; teacup

Derived form: verb cup₂
cup, loving 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"
--₄ is a kind of trophy, prize
--₄ has particulars: Davis Cup
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"
--₅ is a kind of concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
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"
--₆ is a kind of hole
cup - a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
--₇ is a kind of punch
--₇ has particulars: champagne cup; claret cup
cup - cup-shaped plant organ
--₈ is a kind of plant organ
--₈ has particulars: cupule, acorn cup

Verb cup has 3 senses

cup - form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands"
--₁ is one way to shape, form
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
cup - put into a cup; "cup the milk"
--₂ is one way to insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce

Derived forms: noun cup₂, noun cup₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
cup, transfuse - treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
--₃ is one way to treat, care for

Derived form: noun cupping₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody