Word Finder - cups

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A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.

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Pour the tea into the cup.

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The contents of said vessel; a cupful.

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I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.

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A customary unit of measure

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A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.

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

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A contest for which a cup is awarded.

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

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

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A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.

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The ball just misses the cup.

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(in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.

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cider cup; gin cup; claret cup

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

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Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.

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

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The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.

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

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

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

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

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Anything shaped like a cup.

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the cup of an acorn

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

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

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To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.

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

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To hold something in cupped hands.

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He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.

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To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.

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We are cupping some new brands of coffee today.

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To supply with cups of wine.

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

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To make concave or in the form of a cup.

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to cup the end of a screw

Pouring two cups of coffee, she headed for the living room.

The generally regular flowers are completely open only in bright sunshine, closing up into cups at other times.

They entered a dark dining hall, where a pot of tea and two tea cups sat waiting for them next to a carafe of amber alcohol at the table nearest the entrance.

Five cups of coffee later and a full Irish breakfast --without the blood pudding --settling in her stomach, she still couldn't shake the throb.

Pillows passed as chairs, and bowls as cups.

The main shaft bearings are in two sets and composed of steel balls running in steel cones and cups; the governor is an iron rod about 16 in.

The ceiling of that of Orchomenos, and the painted vases and gold cups from the Vaphio tomb by Sparta, with their marvellous reliefs showing scenes of bull-hunting, represent the late palace style at Cnossus in its final development.

The current can be passed into and out of the movable coil by permitting the ends of the coil to dip into two mercury cups.

Unfortunately, the best experts confined themselves to working for the tea clubs, and consequently produced only insignificant pieces, as tea-jars, cups and little ewers.

The circuit of the electro-magnet is made and broken by the vibration of the fork in different ways - say, by a wire bridge attached to the lower prong which dips into and lifts out of two mercury cups.

Of the objects found in the oldest graves, and supposed to date from about the 7th century B.C., the cups of silver and silver-gilt and most of the gold and amber jewelry are Phoenician (possibly Carthaginian), or at least made on Phoenician models; but the bronzes and some of the ivory articles seem to.

A jet or jets of water impinge on the cups, the interiors of which are shaped in such a way that the jet is discharged parallel to its original direction.

If the linear velocity of the cups in feet a second is V 1, and the linear velocity of the jet is V2, then the velocity of the jet relative to the cup is V2 - V1 feet a second, and if the whole energy of the water is to be given up to the cups, the water must leave the cup with zero absolute velocity.

The native pottery is of a very fine paste, smooth and thin, but poor in forms. Cylindrical cups, and jars with cylindrical necks and no brim, are typical.

The shells of the pearly nautilus are commonly used by the Visayans for drinking cups.

In the cup and ball pivot the end of the shaft HJJ and the step present two recesses facing each other, into which are fitted two shallow cups of steel or hard bronze.

Between the concave spherical surfaces of those cups is placed a steel 0 ball, being either a complete sphere or a lens having convex surfaces of a somewhat less radius p i than the concave surfaces of the cups.

The moment of friction of this pivot is at first almost C, inappreciable from the extreme smallness of the T radius of the circles of contact of the ball and cups, but, as they wear, that radius and the moment of friction increase.

Volta also gave his pile another form, the couronne des tasses (crown of cups), in which connected strips of copper and zinc were used to bridge between cups of water or dilute acid.

Its wood is valued in turnery for cups, bowls and pattern blocks.

On the third evening the cups are placed in open frames which allow free circulation of the air.

For centuries Khotan was famous for jade or nephrite, a semi-precious stone greatly esteemed by the Chinese for making small fancy boxes, bottles and cups, mouthpieces for pipes, bracelets, &c. The stone is still exported to China.

A peculiar feature of the arable tract is the Pats (literally cups) or depressed lands near the river-banks.

Jade, which is very highly valued by the Chinese for making into ornaments, vases, cups, &c., has been extracted from time immemorial, and is still extracted to-day at Khotan.

Monica Cutler was seated in her usual corner amid a clutter of used coffee cups and thousands of old newspa­pers.

The ear is surrounded by the ear cups which form an almost airtight seal and cuts out disturbing outside noise.

Encourage people to use reusable plastic or glass bottles rather than using paper cups.

They always look faintly bored as they recline with their polystyrene cups of coffee and low-tar cigarettes.

Queen cells start off like inverted acorn cups, against the face of the main brood comb.

The thin walled EPS cup offers the operator many advantages over alternative vending cups.

Every year we drink 31 billion cups of coffee in the UK!

Each infuser brews two cups of tea, or a small pot.

We go through hundreds of plastic cups a week, let's think about the environment.

The last of three temporary radio transmitters attached to the 12-foot whale with suction cups fell off Wednesday.

Do not use the thick polystyrene foam drinking cups which are designed to minimize heat loss from hot drinks!

July 22 nd 1869 Mr Duncan of Lavenham sugar beet factory has given five silver cups to be competed for in different classes.

Complete with padded headband, dual swiveling ear cups these headphones also offer excellent levels of comfort.

Forms included sherds from bowls, jugs, tea pots, plates, cups, dishes, and large containers.

Connect NG tube to the pump and collect four samples of gastric juice, each over 15 min into polystyrene cups.

Water bottle strap Brown leather Water bottle, cups, pots etc Painted dull green, or cloth covered, so probably greenish-tinged khaki.

I mix in about 1 1/2 to 2 cups then knead in the rest on a lightly floured surface.

The cups of the chemise are made of stretch floral lace.

These are for smooth plastic cups only, NOT expanded polystyrene or paper cups.

The black wall benches contrast well with the white pillowy poufs, both tube-shaped and cushion-shaped like the cups.

Easily fit through 4 strong suction cups with quick release tabs, the bath lift can be quickly folded and stored.

Pour coffee into heated cups then add 3 tablespoons of the mixture into each cup.

Everyone's cup of tea these twisting, turning tea cups will really have you in a spin.

Individually numbered and dated, this highly collectible ceramic teapot holds four cups of tea.

Six o'clock arrived and, being so thirsty I was seeing cups of tea in the heat haze, I headed home.

Today southern marsh orchids can be found there as well as king cups, common twayblade and other rare plants.