Meaning

• A concave vessel for drinking from, 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; a cupful.

  "I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty."

• A customary unit of measure

• A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.

  "The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament."

• A contest for which a cup is awarded.

  "The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event."

• The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.

• A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.

  "The ball just misses the cup."

• (in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.

  "cider cup; gin cup; claret cup"

• A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)

  "Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup."

• One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.

  "The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material."

• The symbol \cup denoting union and similar operations (confer cap).

• A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.

• (ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.

• A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).

• Anything shaped like a cup.

  "the cup of an acorn"

• A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.

• That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.

Meaning

• 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.

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

• To make concave or in the form of a cup.

  "to cup the end of a screw"