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cupped

SayKUPT/kʌpt/

2 meanings of cupped

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of cup. Use this form to talk about cupping something earlier.

    She cupped her hands to catch the falling water.

    He cupped the tiny chick gently in his palms.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Curved inward, with a hollow center like a cup.

    Like the curved shape your hands make when you hold water.

    She held the seeds in her cupped hands.

    Rainwater collected in the cupped leaf overnight.

    Similarconcave, curved

    Oppositeflat, convex

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cupped is a form of cup

cup, verb: To curve your hands into a bowl shape, or to hold something in them that way. Full entry

Forms
cupcups he/she/itcupping -ing formcupped past tense, past participle
Spelling
cup → cupped: double the p, add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /t/.

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