n. A small vessel used to contain liquids generally; a drinking-vessel; a chalice.n. Specifically That part of a drinking-cup or similar vessel which contains the liquid, as distinguished from the stem and foot when these are present.n. Eccles., the chalice from which the wine is dispensed in the sacrament of the Lord's supper.n. A cup-shaped or other vessel of precious metal, or by extension any elaborately wrought piece of plate, offered as a prize to be contended for in yacht- and horse-racing and other sports.n. [capitalized] The constellation Crater.n. Something formed like a cup: as, the cup of an acorn, of a flower, etc.n. Specifically— In botany: The concave fruiting body of angiocarpous lichens and discomycetous fungi: same as discocarp and apothecium. The peridium of a cluster-cup fungus, Æcidium. In golfing, a small cavity or hole in the course, probably made by the stroke of a previous player.n. In steam-boilers, one of a series of depressions or domes used to increase the amount of heating surface.n. A cupping-glass.n. A small vessel of determinate size for receiving the blood during venesection.n. The quantity contained in a cup; the contents of a cup: as, a cup of tea.n. Suffering to be endured; evil which falls to one's lot; portion: from the idea of a bitter or poisonous draught from a cup.n. A drink made of wine, generally iced, sweetened, and flavored according to many different receipts, and sometimes containing many ingredients. The different varieties are named from the chief ingredient, as claret-cup, champagnc-cup, etc.n. plural The drinking of intoxicating liquors; a drinking-bout; intoxication.To supply with cups, as of liquor.To make drunk.To bleed by means of cupping-glasses; perform the operation of cupping upon.To drink.To perform the operation of cupping: as, to cup for inflammation.In golfing, to hit or break the ground with the club when striking the ball.To fit concavely over a contiguous leaf. See cupping, 4.
