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  • past tense form of cup.
  • past participle of cup.
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cupped

[kuhpt] / kʌpt /




Example Sentences

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Cupped boards can sometimes be made flat using stainless steel screws.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023

Cupped in the hands of one of America’s greatest novelists, Cather’s readers will feel all of this almost as if they’ve lived it themselves.

From Slate • May 19, 2016

Cupped in his palms was an avocado, bumpy and green.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2014

Cupped in hills, just a mottled dun patch from the air, lies Harar, Ethiopia's second city.

From Time Magazine Archive

Who made the splendid rose Saturate with purple glows; Cupped to the marge with beauty; a perfume-press Whence the wind vintages Gushes of warm-ed fragrance richer far Than all the flavorous ooze of Cyprus' vats?

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis




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