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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /su?p/
• (US) enPR: so?op, IPA^(key): /sup/
• Rhymes: -u?p

Etymology 1

From Middle English soupe, sowpe, from Old French soupe, souppe, sope, from Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Middle Dutch sope (“broth”)). Doublet of zuppa. See also sop and supper.

Noun

soup (countable and uncountable, plural soups)

1. Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture.

   Pho is a traditional Vietnamese soup.

   • c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11:

     Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke […] caste þher-to Safroun an Salt […]

   1. (countable) A serving of such a dish, typically in a bowl.
   2. (uncountable) The liquid part of such a dish; the broth.
2. (figuratively) Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
   1. (slang) Thick fog or cloud (also pea soup).
   2. (US, slang) Nitroglycerine or gelignite, especially when used for safe-cracking.
   3. (cant) Dope (illicit drug, used for making horses run faster or to change their personality).
   4. (photography) Processing chemicals into which film is dipped, such as developer.
   5. (biology) Liquid or gelatinous substrate, especially the mixture of organic compounds that is believe to have played a role in the origin of life on Earth.

      primordial soup

   6. (Britain, informal, often with "the") An unfortunate situation; trouble, problems (a fix, a mess); chaos.
   7. (surfing) The foamy portion of a wave.

Derived terms

Hyponyms

Related terms

• supper

See also

• porridge
• stew

Translations

Descendants

• Thai: ??? (súp)

Verb

soup (third-person singular simple present soups, present participle souping, simple past and past participle souped)

1. (uncommon) To feed: to provide with soup or a meal.
   • 1904 October, East is East and West is West, in The Vassar Miscellany, volume 34, number 1, page 236:

     "I was so mad, I let him wait half an hour to-night before I souped him."

   • 2011, Diza Sauers, Historama, page 152:

     She cooked huge stock pots and souped her dogs once a day.
2. (photography) To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution.
   • 1970 December, in The Rotarian, volume 117, number 6, page 31:

     That girl Vivienne, by the way, once worked as a secretary in the workshop of The Rotarian, began "souping" her own snapshots at home, went from there to top rank as a New York color photographer specializing in small children […]

   • 1991, Ruth Jean Dale, Society Page:

     "Then perhaps it won't surprise you to learn Annie's taking over the Sunday social column," Roz said. "You photo-guys'll be souping her film."

   • 1998, Edward Gorman, Cold Blue Midnight:

     And her camera position had been completely out of his sight. Satisfied that she'd gotten everything she'd needed - much more, in fact - she went back inside and got to work. Jill had souped her first photographs while she'd been on […]

Etymology 2

From Middle English soupen, from Old English s?pan (“to sup, sip”), from Proto-Germanic *s?pan?. More at sup.

Verb

soup (third-person singular simple present soups, present participle souping, simple past and past participle souped)

1. Alternative form of sup

Etymology 3

From Middle English soupe, from Old English s?pe (“sup; draught”).

Noun

soup (plural soups)

1. Alternative form of sup

Etymology 4

From Middle English swopen, from Old English sw?pan (“to sweep”), from Proto-Germanic *swaipan? (“to sweep”). More at sweep.

Alternative forms

• soop

Verb

soup (third-person singular simple present soups, present participle souping, simple past and past participle souped)

1. (obsolete) To breathe out; to draw out.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Camden to this entry?)

2. (obsolete) To sweep.

Anagrams

• POUs, PUOs, Pous, opus, pous, puso

English

Etymology

From Middle English smilen (“to smile”), from Old Norse smíla (“to smile”) (compare Danish smile, Swedish smila (“to smile”)), from Proto-Germanic *sm?lijan?, *smir?n? (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian smielje (“to smile”), Low German smielen (“to smile”), Dutch smuilen (“to smile”), Middle High German smielen (“to smile”). Related also to Old High German smier?n (“to smile”), Old English smerian (“to laugh at”), Old English smercian, smearcian ("to smile"; > English smirk), Latin miror (“to wonder at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sma?l/, /?sma?.?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Noun

smile (plural smiles)

1. A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:smile

   • Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.

2. (figuratively) Favour; propitious regard.

3. (slang, dated) A drink bought by one person for another.

   Synonym: treat

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

smile (third-person singular simple present smiles, present participle smiling, simple past and past participle smiled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To have (a smile) on one's face.
2. (transitive) To express by smiling.

3. (intransitive) To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.
4. (intransitive) To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy.
5. (intransitive) To be propitious or favourable; to countenance.

Derived terms

• smiler

Translations

Anagrams

• Imels, Liems, Miles, limes, miles, milse, misle, slime

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse smíla (“to smile”), from Proto-Germanic *sm?lijan?, *smir?n? (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smi?lø/, [?smi??l?]
• Rhymes: -i?l?

Verb

smile (imperative smil, infinitive at smile, present tense smiler, past tense smilede, perfect tense har smilet)

1. to smile

Related terms

• smil

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

smile (imperative smil, present tense smiler, simple past smilte, past participle smilt, present participle smilende)

1. to smile

   smile fra øre til øre - grin from ear to ear

   Smil til kameraet. - Smile for the camera.

Related terms

• smil (noun)

References

• “smile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.