soup

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with…

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

   • Pho is a traditional Vietnamese soup.
   • Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke […] caste þher-to Safroun an Salt […]
2. 2

   Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.

3. 3

   To feed

   To feed: to provide with soup or a meal.

   • I'm blessed if I've heard about any thing but kangaroo-tail soup all the while I was at Launceston. They souped me there night and day.
   • "I was so mad, I let him wait half an hour to-night before I souped him."
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   1. 4

      To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution.

      • 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 […]
      • "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."
      • 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 […]
   2. 5

      To proselytize by feeding the impoverished as long as they listen to one's preaching.

      • Was the priest who denounced those books of the National Board as "souping books" the patron of a national school?
      • "Souping" in Peterstown came to an end, and Una had enough to do with her full school and ignorant scholars to deaden the sting of her grief for the time.
      • It was suggested that the briefs should be distributed generally; but they could not be spread as they were at Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds, where briefs where "souped" out.
   3. 6

      Alternative form of sup (“to sip

      Alternative form of sup (“to sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon”).

   4. 7

      Alternative form of sup (“a sip

      Alternative form of sup (“a sip; a small amount of food or drink”).

   5. 8

      To sweep.

      • He vaunts his voice upon an hired stage, With high-set steps and princely carriage, Now souping in side robes of royalty.
      • Methinks I hear swart Martius cry, Souping along in war's fein'd maskerie, By Lais starrie front he'll forthwith die.
   6. 9

      Rare form of sup (“to take supper”).

      • For weeks I had breakfasted, lunched, dined, and souped on mutton.

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