Definition of "cupped" [cupped]

• In the shape of a cup (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of cup. (verb)

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• "Sky pours down chases shadow-fingers, pools copper in cupped-snow pawprints bigger than hands."
• "According to the letter, they ate whatever crawled into or near their cages and drank only rainwater they caught in cupped hands."
• "Elbows on the table, chin cupped in my hands, I look from The Boy to Tadpole and back again, marvelling at how simple and how right everything feels."