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cup Ф / клр/ noun

[ count ]

1 a small round container with a handle, which you can drink from

a cup and saucer

saucer

cups

handle

cup and saucer

mug

a unit of measurement used in cooking, equal to eight ounces

Add half a cup of sugar and two cups of flour.

( sports ) a large metal thing like a cup, which you get as a prize for winning a competition

cup • board / ' kAbsrd /

[count]

a piece of furniture with shelves and doors, where you keep things like food kitchen cupboards

cur • a • ble / kyursbl / adjective

( health ) (used about a disease) that can be made better —ANTONYM incurable

curb 1 / ksrb / noun [count]

the edge of a path next to a road

They stood on the curb waiting to cross the street.

curb 2 / ksrb / verb (curbs,curb• ing ,curbed)

to control or limit something, especially something bad Apparently, this pill curbs your appetite.

cure 1 / kyur / verb ( cures , cur ing , cured )

( health )

to make a sick person well again The doctors can't cure her.

to make an illness go away Can this disease be cured? The adjective is curable .

cure2 / kyur / noun [ count ]

( health ) something that makes an illness go away a cure for cancer

cur • few / ' kэrfyu / noun [ count ]

a time when children must arrive home in the evening My parents set my curfew at 10:00 (= I have to be home by 10 pm ) .

a time after which people are not allowed to go outside their homes

After the rebel attack, the government imposed a curfew on the city.

cu • ri • os • i • ty / |kyuri'asэti / noun [noncount]

wanting to know about things I was full of curiosity about the letter.

cu • ri • ous / ' kyuriэs / adjective

If you are curious , you want to know about something They were very curious about the people who lived upstairs.

cu • ri • ous • ly / ' Lym^H / adverb

"Where are you going?" she asked curiously.

curl 1 / кэй / verb ( curls , curl • ing , curled )

to form or make something form into a round or curved shape

to curl your hair

curl up to put your arms, legs, and head close to your body

The cat curled up by the fire.

curl2 / кэй / noun [ count ]

a piece of hair in a round shape CUrl .уФ/ korli / adjective ( curl i • er , curl • i • est )

with a lot of curls He has curly hair.

—ANTONYM straight , —Look at the picture at hair .

cur • ren • cy AWL| / ' кэгеш! / noun [ count ] ( plural cur . ren . cies )

the money that a country uses

The currency of the United States is the dollar.

cur • rent 1 / ' кэтат / adjective

happening or used now current fashions

cur • rent • ly / ' кэ^тИ / adverb now; at the moment

He is currently working in Seattle.

cur • rent2 / ' кэтат / noun [ count ]

air or water that is moving

It is dangerous to swim here because of the strong current.

( physics ) electricity that is going through a wire

cur • ric • u • lum / кэ 'rIkyэlэm / noun [ count ]

(plural cur • ric . u • la /кэ 'пкуэ1э / or cur • ric • u . lums )

all the subjects that you study in a school or college Latin is not part of the curriculum at our school.

—Look at syllabus .

cur • ry / ' кэй / noun [ count, noncount ] ( plural cur • ries )

an Indian dish of meat or vegetables cooked with spices and often eaten with rice chicken curry

curse / кэге / noun [ count ]

a rude word that some people use when they are very angry

—SYNONYM swear word

a word or phrase that has a magic power to make something bad happen

The family seemed to be under a curse (= lots of bad things happened to them ) .