cup

Study(28)

/kʌp/

noun 7verb 5name 3

Collocations

(noun.) container

ADJ

QUANT

set

VERB + CUP

fill, refill

drain, empty

He emptied his coffee cup before heading out to work this morning.

lift, pick up, raise

He lifted his cup and took a long sip of hot tea.

place, put down, replace, set down

drink from/out of

The child carefully drank from her favorite blue cup at breakfast.

CUP + VERB

contain sth

PHRASES

a cup and saucer

(noun.) drink

ADJ

strong

After her workout, Maria made herself a strong cup of coffee to regain her energy.

fresh

She poured herself a fresh cup of tea before settling down to read.

VERB + CUP

offer sb | make (sb)

pour (sb)

After the meeting, she poured everyone a cup of hot coffee.

help yourself to

stir

Maria stirred her cup of tea while listening to her friend's story.

drink, sip

She sipped her cup of tea while reading the morning newspaper.

PREP

~ of

PHRASES

a nice cup of tea

After a long day at work, she really wanted a nice cup of tea.

(noun.) in sport

ADJ

challenge | knockout | European, World, etc.

VERB + CUP

win

Brazil won the World Cup three times during the twentieth century.

lose

present (sb with)

The mayor presented the local football club with a silver cup for winning the championship.

lift

She lifted the cup to her lips and took a sip of hot tea.

CUP + NOUN

competition

My team has entered the local cup competition for the first time this year.

clash, match

Brazil lost their opening match in the Copa America cup competition last summer.

final, quarter-final, semi-finals | win, winner

PHRASES

the first, etc. round of the cup

Definitions

noun

A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.

Pour the tea into the cup.

The contents of said vessel.

I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.

In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property.

A customary unit of measure

verb

To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.

Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.

To hold something in cupped hands.

He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.

To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.

We are cupping some new brands of coffee today.

To supply with cups of wine.

Cup us, till the world go round.

To apply a cup or cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.

name

Initialism of Cambridge University Press.

Initialism of Committee of Union and Progress.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the quantity a cup will hold

cupful

verb — treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin

transfuse

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

cup of tea

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cup, tea. A cup or mug with tea in it.

Would you be a dear and get me a cup of tea, please?

there's many a slip twixt cup and lip

In any situation, however well planned, something can always go wrong.

Many thynges fall betwene the cuppe and the mouth.

cup of joe

A cup of coffee.

Pike Place is Starbucks' attempt to address complaints that its regular cup of joe is bitter, overroasted and "burnt."

there's many a slip between the cup and the lip

Alternative form of there's many a slip twixt cup and lip.

Multa cadunt inter calicem supremaque labra. […] There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.

there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip

Alternative form of there's many a slip twixt cup and lip.

Example Bank

Pour the tea into the cup.

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I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.

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In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property.

Wiktionary

Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.

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He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.

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We are cupping some new brands of coffee today.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, cup is marked as dated, obsolete, archaic, informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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