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cupping

 
Noun cupping has 1 sense
  1. cupping - a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface
    --1 is a kind of
    bloodletting
    Derived form: verb cup3
Verb cup has 3 senses
  1. cup - form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands"
    --1 is one way to
    shape, form
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. cup - put into a cup; "cup the milk"
    --2 is one way to
    insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
    Derived forms: noun cup2, noun cup3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. cup, transfuse - treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
    --3 is one way to treat, care for
    Derived form: noun cupping1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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