What is cup?

  • (noun): Any cup-shaped concavity.
    Example: "Bees filled the waxen cups with honey"; "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"; "the cup of her bra"
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on cup:

1938 FIFA World Cup
... The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in France from 4 June to 19 June ...
Xavier Garbajosa
... in 1999 and 2001, as well as the European Cup in 2003 and 2005. ... He was a member of France's squad at the 1999 Rugby World Cup (in which France were the runners-up), and notably participated in the epic semi-final against ... was selected in the French squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup but had to leave the team before the beginning of the competition due to an injury ...
1934 FIFA World Cup - Qualification and Participants
... Reigning World Cup holders Uruguay declined to participate, in protest at the refusal of several European countries to travel to South America for the previous World Cup ... As a result, the 1934 World Cup is the only one in which the reigning champions did not participate ... States and Egypt, the first African team to qualify for a World Cup finals tournament), were from outside Europe ...
1938 FIFA World Cup - Summary
... This remains, as of 2010, the only time in World Cup history in which Germany was eliminated in the first round, and the only tournament in which Germany competed but failed to finish ... had the first of their many important World Cup clashes in the other ... round) the only time this has happened in a World Cup ...
2002 African Cup Of Nations
... The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF) ...

More definitions of "cup":

  • (verb): Form into the shape of a cup.
    Example: "She cupped her hands"
  • (noun): A small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle.
    Example: "He put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing"
  • (verb): Put into a cup.
    Example: "Cup the milk"
  • (noun): A large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition.
    Synonyms: loving cup
  • (noun): The quantity a cup will hold.
    Example: "He drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar"
    Synonyms: cupful
  • (noun): Cup-shaped plant organ.
  • (noun): A punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl.
  • (noun): A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces.
  • (noun): The hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green.
    Example: "He swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away"; "put the flag back in the cup"
  • (verb): Treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin.
    Synonyms: transfuse

Famous quotes containing the word cup:

    “I know it does make people happy, but to me it is just like having a cup of tea.”
    —Cynthia Paine (b. 1934)

    “The morning cup of coffee has an exhiliration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce.”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

    “I write mainly for the kindly race of women. I am their sister, and in no way exempt from their sorrowful lot. I have drank [sic] the cup of their limitations to the dregs, and if my experience can help any sad or doubtful woman to outleap her own shadow, and to stand bravely out in the sunshine to meet her destiny, whatever it may be, I shall have done well; I have not written this book in vain.”
    —Amelia E. Barr (1831–1919)