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Meanings of cup (cupped) in English

Russian
чашка
Portuguese
copo
Catalan
got
Spanish
taza
Wikidata

Vessel for liquids.

чашка
Portuguese
chávena
Spanish
taza

The quantity a cup will hold.

chávena
Synonyms
Examples for "cupful"
Examples for "cupful"
1
Boil one cupful of the water and dissolve the gelatine in it.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
2
Put in a cupful of cold boiled peas; boil up and serve.
The Art of Living in Australia / Together with Three Hundred Aus...
3
Soak the gelatine for two hours in one cupful of the milk.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
4
Soak the gelatine two hours in half a cupful of the water.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
5
Place 1 cupful of the cracked ice in each of two bowls.
School and Home Cooking
Portuguese
taça
Catalan
copa
Spanish
copa

A large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition.

taça
Spanish
aplicar tazas

Treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin.

aplicar tazas
Usage of cupped in English
1
She felt under her chin, cupped her hand under her left breast.
The last page
2
He scrambled to use his cupped hands to toss out the water.
Return of the Crimson Guard
3
Rainwater cupped in the new foliage showered him every time he moved.
The story of edgar sawtelle
4
They cupped the water in their hands and drank long and deep.
Harrigan
5
He cupped a hand at his earpiece, listened, and spoke to Andropov:
Devil's keep
6
Opening them, he very gently cupped her cheek with his left hand.
Immortal wolf
7
She smacked her cupped hand into the water, splashing him, and laughed.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
8
With his right hand, he cupped and caressed one of her breasts.
Book Two: Descent
9
Bryant cupped his hands, blew into them and thought for a moment.
Bryant & may on the loose: a peculiar crimes unit mystery
10
He lit it; the flame sizzled and flared under his cupped hand.
The last page
11
She drank from cupped hands, then settled in to watch the house.
The stand
12
The vapors came welling up over his cupped hand, heavy and rich.
Cities in Flight
13
The man in her stood up with hands cupped over his mouth.
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
14
He moved his hand up and cupped one of her heavy breasts.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
15
Searching, I found its key; a cupped indentation upon which I pressed.
The Metal Monster
16
It sounded as if Dennis had cupped the phone and said something.
Hunter's moon: a novel
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Translations for cupped
Russian
чашка
Catalan
gotcopa
Cupped through the time
Cupped across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common