| appraisal | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. appraisal, assessment | the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth. |
| ~ categorisation, categorization, sorting, classification | the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories. |
| ~ critical analysis, critical appraisal | an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation. |
| ~ rating, valuation, evaluation | an appraisal of the value of something.; "he set a high valuation on friendship" |
| ~ assay, check | an appraisal of the state of affairs.; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress" |
| ~ acid test | a rigorous or crucial appraisal. |
| ~ reappraisal, reassessment, revaluation, review | a new appraisal or evaluation. |
| ~ underevaluation | an appraisal that underestimates the value of something. |
| n. (communication) | 2. appraisal, estimate, estimation | a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation). |
| ~ commercial document, commercial instrument | a document of or relating to commerce. |
| ~ overappraisal, overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation | an appraisal that is too high. |
| n. (act) | 3. appraisal | an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something. |
| ~ estimate, estimation | a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody.; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent" |
| cup | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. cup | a 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" |
| ~ beaker | a cup (usually without a handle). |
| ~ chalice, goblet | a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup. |
| ~ coffee cup | a cup from which coffee is drunk. |
| ~ container | any 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, dishware | tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively. |
| ~ dixie cup, paper cup | a disposable cup made of paper; for holding drinks. |
| ~ grace cup | cup to be passed around for the final toast after a meal. |
| ~ cylix, kylix | a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece. |
| ~ moustache cup, mustache cup | a drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drink. |
| ~ scyphus | an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base. |
| ~ teacup | a cup from which tea is drunk. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. cup, cupful | the quantity a cup will hold.; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar" |
| ~ containerful | the quantity that a container will hold. |
| n. (shape) | 3. cup | any 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, incurvature | a shape that curves or bends inward. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. cup | a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces. |
| ~ united states liquid unit | a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System. |
| ~ gill | a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces. |
| ~ pint | a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart. |
| n. (plant) | 5. cup | cup-shaped plant organ. |
| ~ acorn cup, cupule | cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn. |
| ~ plant organ | a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus. |
| n. (food) | 6. cup | a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl. |
| ~ punch | an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl. |
| ~ champagne cup | a punch containing a sparkling wine. |
| ~ claret cup | a punch made of claret and brandy with lemon juice and sugar and sometimes sherry or curacao and fresh fruit. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. cup | the 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" |
| ~ hole | an opening deliberately made in or through something. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. cup, loving cup | a 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 cup | cup awarded for the annual international team tennis competition. |
| ~ trophy, prize | something given as a token of victory. |
| v. (change) | 9. cup | form into the shape of a cup.; "She cupped her hands" |
| ~ shape, form | give shape or form to.; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" |
| v. (change) | 10. cup | put into a cup.; "cup the milk" |
| ~ put in, inclose, insert, stick in, introduce, enclose | introduce.; "Insert your ticket here" |
| v. (body) | 11. cup, transfuse | treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin. |
| ~ practice of medicine, medicine | the 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, treat | provide 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" |
| mug | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. mug, mugful | the quantity that can be held in a mug. |
| ~ containerful | the quantity that a container will hold. |
| n. (person) | 2. chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. |
| ~ dupe, victim | a person who is tricked or swindled. |
| n. (body) | 3. countenance, kisser, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage | the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British). |
| ~ human head | the head of a human being. |
| ~ face, human face | the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" |
| ~ pudding-face, pudding face | a large fat human face. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. mug | with handle and usually cylindrical. |
| ~ beer mug, stein | a mug intended for serving beer. |
| ~ coffee mug | a mug intended for serving coffee. |
| ~ drinking vessel | a vessel intended for drinking. |
| ~ handgrip, handle, grip, hold | the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" |
| ~ toby, toby fillpot jug, toby jug | a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat. |
| v. (possession) | 5. mug | rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence.; "I was mugged in the streets of New York last night" |
| ~ crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence | (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.; "a long record of crimes" |
| ~ stick up, hold up | rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat. |
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