Cupped

verb

/kʌpt/

Word Frequency: 1.0

Definitions

1.verbTo form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.

"Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them."

2.verbTo hold something in cupped hands.

"He cupped the ball carefully in his hands."

3.verbTo pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.

"We are cupping some new brands of coffee today."

4.verbTo supply with cups of wine.

5.verbTo apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.

6.verbTo make concave or in the form of a cup.

"to cup the end of a screw"

7.adjectiveIn the shape of a cup; concave.

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