Dictionary Entry

cups

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/kʌps/Used In Literature ↓

A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.

In a Sentence

“Pour the tea into the cup.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

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Poetry examples for “cups”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crown'd,
The berries crackle, and the mill turns round;

But my brain is noisy
With the clash and gurgle of filling wine-cups.

And warm with drowsy, poppied sunshine; bright,
Flaming with lilies out of whose cups dart
Shining things

While autumn pelted it with chestnut burrs,
And strewed the leafy ground with acorn cups.
Dark midnight storms had roared and crashed among

The south wind smells of the pungent sea,
Gold tulip cups are heavy with dew.
The night's for you, Sweetheart, for you!

Gently to signifie that he was wrong.
Cups more then civil of Emilthian wine,
I sing (said he) and the Pharsalian Sign,

And we will have no Pooly’ or Parrot by;
Nor shall our cups make any guilty men;
But at our parting we will be as when

Kneel hinds to trash: me let bright Phoebus swell,
With cups full flowing from the Muses' well.
The frost-drad[232] myrtle shall impale my head,

And thinks to throw out thund'ring words of threat,
Let pour in lavish cups and thrifty bits of meat,
For Bacchus' fruit is friend to Phœbus wise;

And what a reception:
Red jade cups, food well set on a blue jewelled table,
And I was drunk, and had no thought of returning.