cup

cup¹ W1S1 [kʌp] n

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1¦(for drinking)¦

2¦(drink)¦

3¦(amount of liquid/food)¦

4¦(sport competition)¦

5¦(round thing)¦

6¦(golf)¦

7¦(clothing)¦

8¦(alcohol)¦

9 not be your cup of tea

10 in your cups

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[: Old English; Origin: cuppe, from Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cupa 'barrel']

1.) ¦(FOR DRINKING)¦

a small round container, usually with a handle, that you use to drink tea, coffee etc

→↑saucer

▪ Mathew picked up the cup and sipped his coffee.

▪ She put her cup and saucer down on the table.

tea/coffee cup

▪ Helen took the coffee cups into the kitchen.

paper/plastic/china etc cup

▪ They drank cheap wine from plastic cups.

2.) ¦(DRINK)¦

the liquid contained inside a cup

cup of

▪ Let's go and have a cup of coffee.

▪ Will you stay for a cup of tea?

▪ Would you like another cup?

3.) ¦(AMOUNT OF LIQUID/FOOD)¦

a) a unit used in the US for measuring food or liquid in cooking, equal to eight ↑fluid ounces or 237 ↑millilitres

▪ Mix the butter with 1 cup of powdered sugar until light and fluffy.

b) also cupful [ˈkʌpful]

the amount of liquid or food that a cup can hold

▪ Breakfast consisted of half a cup of milk and a dry biscuit.

4.) ¦(SPORT COMPETITION)¦

a)

a specially shaped silver container, often with two handles, that is given as a prize in a competition, especially a sports competition

▪ The president of the club came to present the cup to the winners.

b) [singular]

a sports competition in which a cup is given as a prize

▪ They've won the European Cup twice.

▪ Germany's World Cup team

5.) ¦(ROUND THING)¦

something round and hollow that is shaped like a cup

▪ The flowers' white petals contrast handsomely with their lemon-yellow cups.

▪ acorn cups

cup of

▪ She held it in the cup of her hand.

6.) ¦(GOLF)¦ AmE

a hole in the ground that you have to try to hit the ball into in the game of golf

7.) ¦(CLOTHING)¦

a) the part of a ↑bra that covers a woman's breast

b) AmE a ↑jockstrap

8.) ¦(ALCOHOL)¦ [U and C]

BrE a mixed alcoholic drink

▪ He's gone to get me some fruit cup .

▪ a glass of champagne cup

9.) not be your cup of tea

spoken to not be the type of thing that you like

▪ Jazz just isn't my cup of tea - I prefer classical music.

10.) in your cups

BrE old-fashioned drunk, or when drunk

▪ By the time Anthony arrived, Richard was already deep in his cups .

→↑eggcup

cup ²

cup² past tense and past participle cupped present participle cupping

v [T]

1.) to hold something in your hands, so that your hands form part of a circle around it

▪ He cupped her face in his hands and kissed her.

▪ Luke was sitting at his desk, one hand cupping his chin .

2.) cup your hand(s)

to make a shape like a cup with your hand or hands

▪ He struck a match and cupped his hand around the flame.