Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cup

8 senses of cup

Sense 1
cup -- (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")
       => crockery, dishware -- (tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively)
       => container -- (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Sense 2
cup, cupful -- (the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar")
       => containerful -- (the quantity that a container will hold)

Sense 3
cup -- (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")
       => concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature -- (a shape that curves or bends inward)

Sense 4
cup -- (a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces)
       => United States liquid unit -- (a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System)

Sense 5
cup -- (cup-shaped plant organ)
       => plant organ -- (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

Sense 6
cup -- (a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl)
       => punch -- (an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl)

Sense 7
cup -- (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")
       => hole -- (an opening deliberately made in or through something)

Sense 8
cup, loving cup -- (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")
       => trophy, prize -- (something given as a token of victory)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cup

3 senses of cup

Sense 1
cup -- (form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands")
       => shape, form -- (give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character")

Sense 2
cup -- (put into a cup; "cup the milk")
       => insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce -- (introduce; "Insert your ticket here")

Sense 3
cup, transfuse -- (treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin)
       => treat, care for -- (provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics")