The fingers are cupped to form a ladle. Barry cupped his hands over a microphone and made an exploding sound with his mouth. Chest percussion is performed by clapping the back or chest with a cupped hand. Bloom form is cupped, flat to cupped, and ruffled. The mysterious statue contemplates the water held in cupped hands. Cups are an obvious improvement on using cupped hands or feet to hold liquids. Guards are typically disc-shaped and often cupped. The ribs are short with cupped anterior ends. Instead, handling mice using a tunnel or cupped hands is advocated. Due to their weight the cupped, globular flowers bow their heads. AbuHind cupped him with the horn and knife. In nature, they might occupy anything from a hollow tree trunk to a cupped leaf. Visually a wet floor will appear "cupped" due to this expansion. A simple pump has a cupped fiber or plastic piston. One valve is cupped and the other is flat.