soul
//səʊl//
Forms
- Plural
- souls
- present (v1)
- soul
- past (v2)
- souled
- past participle (v3)
- souled
- present participle
- souling
- 3rd person singular
- souls
Definitions
1.The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.
- Flowey: See that heart? That is your SOUL, the very culmination of your being!
2.The spirit or essence of anything.
- "There's a vibrancy that comes from the building's historic soul metting the rhythm of the Caribbean," says Monnier.
3.Life, energy, vigor.
- He died and his soul went to hell.
4.Cultural consciousness and pride among people of African American heritage.
- He died and his soul went to hell.
1.Characteristic of or pertaining to African American culture.
1.To beg on All Soul's Day.
- All Souls' Day was celebrated by souling, a custom going back to pre-Reformation days: soul cakers and mummers toured the village begging for a soul cake, a plain, round, flat cake seasoned with spices.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1463
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Etymology
From Middle English soule, sowle, saule, sawle, from Old English sāwol (“soul, life, spirit, being”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (“soul”), of an uncertain ultimate origin (see there for further information).
Cognates