Definition of cup

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Cup (n.) The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.

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Cupuliferous :: Cupuliferous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule..
Nipperkin :: Nipperkin (n.) A small cup.
Butcher :: Butcher (n.) One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food..
Incoming :: Incoming (a.) Coming in, succeeding, or following, as occupant or possessor; as, in incoming tenant..
Scarificator :: Scarificator (n.) An instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making slight incisions..
Low :: Low (superl.) Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight..
Prepossess :: Prepossess (v. t.) To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset..
Laundering :: Laundering (n.) The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing..
Possession :: Possession (n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful..
Grub :: Grub (v. i.) To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging..
Professionalism :: Professionalism (n.) The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; -- opposed to amateurism..
Hendiadys :: Hendiadys (n.) A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups..
Superficiary :: Superficiary (n.) One to whom a right of surface occupation is granted; one who pays quitrent for a house built upon another man's ground.
Eros :: Eros (n.) Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid..
Bar :: Bar (n.) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court..
Involve :: Involve (v. t.) To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb..
Moulding :: Moulding (n.) The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder..
Cupidity :: Cupidity (n.) A passionate desire; love.
Industry :: Industry (n.) Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry..
Monastical :: Monastical (a.) Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules..
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