cup
To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the handsTo form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
» Give me another cup of tea.
Gib mir noch eine Tasse Tee. — MUIRIEL
Дайте мне еще чашку чая. — sharptoothed
Дай мені ще одну чашку чаю. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(transitive)To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.
die Hand aufhalten
form into the shape of a cup
(transitive)To hold something in cupped hands.
He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.
(transitive)To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.
We are cupping some new brands of coffee today.
put into a cup
(transitive)To make concave or in the form of a cup.
to cup the end of a screw
(obsolete, transitive)To supply with cups of wine.
(archaic, transitive)To apply a cup or cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
Examples
1682 sentencesGive me another cup of tea.
Дай мені ще одну чашку чаю. — deniko
ruДайте мне еще чашку чая. — sharptoothed
deGib mir noch eine Tasse Tee. — MUIRIEL
It's not my cup of tea.
Це трохи не моє. — deniko
ruЭто не по моей части. — marafon
deDas ist nicht mein Fall. — Zaghawa
Give me a cup of coffee.
Дайте мені філіжанку кави. — Ahha
ruДайте мне чашку кофе. — nami
deGib mir eine Tasse Kaffee! — Dejo
I'd like a cup of coffee.
Я би хотів чашечку кави. — deniko
ruЯ бы хотел чашечку кофе. — odexed
deIch hätte gerne eine Tasse Kaffee. — Esperantostern
How about a cup of tea?
Як щодо чашки чаю? — deniko
ruКак насчёт чашки чаю? — afyodor
deWas halten Sie von einer Tasse Tee? — MUIRIEL
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Inherited from Middle English cuppe, coppe, from the merger of Old English cuppe (“cup”) aInherited from Middle English cuppe, coppe, from the merger of Old English cuppe (“cup”) and Old English copp (“cup, vessel”).
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Forms
cups, cupping, cupped, cuppedSynonyms
1 synonyms- treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin:transfuse
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- cup of coffee
- a cup of
- cup of tea
- another cup of
- another cup
- drink a cup
- have a cup
- three cups of
- how many cups
- many cups of
- over a cup
- cup of hot
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.