cup
Definition of cup:
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part of speech: noun
A vessel used to contain liquid: a drinking- vessel: the liquid contained in a cup: that which we must receive or undergo: afflictions: blessings.
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part of speech: verb
To extract blood from the body by means of cupping- glasses from which the air has been exhausted:- pr. p. cupping; pa. p. cupped.
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Common misspellings:
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- cupe (10.5%)
- cip (5.3%)
- bup (15.8%)
- 1cup (21.1%)
- c (10.5%)
- cuped (5.3%)
- cuop (10.5%)
- cupa (10.5%)
- gup (10.5%)
Usage examples for cup:
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If you should ever happen to pass Ansdore, drop in and I'll give you a cup of tea.
"Joanna Godden" – Sheila Kaye-Smith -
Moreover, my drinking- cup felt too dry to have been used lately.
"The Boy Tar" – Mayne Reid -
And may I have another cup of tea?
"Tom Swift among the Fire Fighters or, Battling with Flames from the Air" – Victor Appleton -
I won't let anybody come near the house, she said, and you must have a cup of tea and a good sleep before I tell you all that father said.
"The Story Of Waitstill Baxter" – By Kate Douglas Wiggin
