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soup
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)
- 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 […]
- (countable) A serving of such a dish, typically in a bowl.
- (uncountable) The liquid part of such a dish; the broth.
- (figuratively) Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
- (slang) Thick fog or cloud (also pea soup).
- (US, slang) Nitroglycerine or gelignite, especially when used for safe-cracking.
- (cant) Dope (illicit drug, used for making horses run faster or to change their personality).
- (photography) Processing chemicals into which film is dipped, such as developer.
- (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
- (Britain, informal, often with "the") An unfortunate situation; trouble, problems (a fix, a mess); chaos.
- (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)
- (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.
- 1904 October, East is East and West is West, in The Vassar Miscellany, volume 34, number 1, page 236:
- (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 […]
- 1970 December, in The Rotarian, volume 117, number 6, page 31:
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)
- Alternative form of sup
Etymology 3
From Middle English soupe, from Old English s?pe (“sup; draught”).
Noun
soup (plural soups)
- 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)
- (obsolete) To breathe out; to draw out.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Camden to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To sweep.
Anagrams
- POUs, PUOs, Pous, opus, pous, puso
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soups
English
Noun
soups
- plural of soup
Verb
soups
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of soup
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