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pawpaw [paw.paw.] : cup (v.); skim off (v.)

Derivatives of pawpaw


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cup
n. (artifact)1. cupa small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle.; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing"
~ beakera cup (usually without a handle).
~ chalice, gobleta bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup.
~ coffee cupa cup from which coffee is drunk.
~ containerany object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another).
~ crockery, dishwaretableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively.
~ dixie cup, paper cupa disposable cup made of paper; for holding drinks.
~ grace cupcup to be passed around for the final toast after a meal.
~ cylix, kylixa shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece.
~ moustache cup, mustache cupa drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drink.
~ scyphusan ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base.
~ teacupa cup from which tea is drunk.
n. (quantity)2. cup, cupfulthe quantity a cup will hold.; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar"
~ containerfulthe quantity that a container will hold.
n. (shape)3. cupany cup-shaped concavity.; "bees filled the waxen cups with honey"; "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"; "the cup of her bra"
~ concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvaturea shape that curves or bends inward.
n. (quantity)4. cupa United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces.
~ united states liquid unita liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System.
~ gilla United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces.
~ pinta United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart.
n. (plant)5. cupcup-shaped plant organ.
~ acorn cup, cupulecup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn.
~ plant organa functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus.
n. (food)6. cupa punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl.
~ punchan iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl.
~ champagne cupa punch containing a sparkling wine.
~ claret cupa punch made of claret and brandy with lemon juice and sugar and sometimes sherry or curacao and fresh fruit.
n. (artifact)7. cupthe hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green.; "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away"; "put the flag back in the cup"
~ holean opening deliberately made in or through something.
n. (artifact)8. cup, loving cupa large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition.; "the school kept the cups is a special glass case"
~ davis cupcup awarded for the annual international team tennis competition.
~ trophy, prizesomething given as a token of victory.
v. (change)9. cupform into the shape of a cup.; "She cupped her hands"
~ shape, formgive shape or form to.; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"
v. (change)10. cupput into a cup.; "cup the milk"
~ put in, inclose, insert, stick in, introduce, encloseintroduce.; "Insert your ticket here"
v. (body)11. cup, transfusetreat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin.
~ practice of medicine, medicinethe learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
~ care for, treatprovide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"
skim off
v. (contact)1. cream, cream off, skim, skim offremove from the surface.; "skim cream from the surface of milk"
~ remove, take away, withdraw, takeremove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
v. (cognition)2. cream off, skim offpick the best.
~ choose, pick out, select, takepick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"