cupped
橫向翹曲的; 杯狀的
Cup, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cupped p. pr. & vb. n. Cupping.]
1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.]
Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak.
2. Surg. To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.
3. Mech. To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.
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cup
n 1: a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
2: the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee";
"he borrowed a cup of sugar" [syn: cupful]
3: 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"
4: 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" [syn: loving cup]
5: 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"
6: 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"
7: a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
8: cup-shaped plant organ
v 1: form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands"
2: put into a cup; "cup the milk"
3: treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin [syn:
transfuse]
[also: cupping, cupped]