cup

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q81727}}A concave [[vessel]] for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a [[glass]]) and with a [[handle]].
2. The contents of said vessel.
3. A [[customary unit]] of measure
4. {{senseid|en|Q381165}}A [[trophy]] in the shape of an oversized cup.
5. A [[contest]] for which a cup is awarded.
6. {{lb|en|association football}} The main [[knockout]] tournament in a country, organised alongside the [[league]].
7. {{lb|en|golf}} A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
8. A container in which [[dice]] are held and shaken before being thrown.
9. {{lb|en|usually|_|in combination}} Any of various sweetened [[alcoholic]] [[drink]]s.
10. {{lb|en|US|Canada}} A rigid concave protective [[covering]] for the male [[genitalia]].
11. One of the two parts of a [[brassiere]] which each cover a [[breast]].
12. {{lb|en|mathematics}} The symbol <math>\cup</math> denoting union and similar operations.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To hold something in cupped hands.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.
4. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To supply with cups of [[wine]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive|surgery|archaic}} To apply a cup or cupping [[apparatus]] to; to subject to the operation of [[cupping]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive|engineering}} To make [[concave]] or in the form of a cup.

Proper noun

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