cup

1 :  to treat by cupping

2a :  to curve into the shape of a cup cupped his hands around his mouthb :  to place in or as if in a cup

1 :  a container to drink out of in the shape of a small bowl usually with a handle

2 :  the contents of a small drinking container :  cupful I drank a cup of tea.

3 :  a unit of measure that equals half a pint or eight fluid ounces

4 :  a trophy in the shape of a cup with two handles

5 :  something like a small bowl in shape or use I picked her up in the cup of my hands … — Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain

1 :  to curve the hand or hands into the shape of a small bowl

2 :  to put the hands in a curved shape around She cupped my face.

1:  a usually open bowl-shaped drinking vessel often having a handle and a stem and base and sometimes a lid

2:  a drinking vessel and its contents :  the beverage or food contained in a cup a second cup of coffee

3:  something resembling a cup invagination of the blastula to form a multilayered cellular cup: asa (1):  an athletic supporter reinforced for providing extra protection to the wearer in certain strenuous sports (as boxing, hockey, or football) (2):  either of the two parts of a brassiere that are shaped like and fit over the breastsb:  a small bell-shaped glass formerly used in cuppingc:  a cap of metal or plastic shaped like the femoral head and used in plastic reconstruction of the hip joint