soup
Forms
- Plural
- soups
- present (v1)
- soup
- past (v2)
- souped
- past participle (v3)
- souped
- present participle
- souping
- 3rd person singular
- soups
Definitions
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 the food value, flavor, and texture.
- Pho is a traditional Vietnamese soup.
2.Alternative form of sup (“a sip; a small amount of food or drink”).
- The soup is a bit too salty.
- The soup is too salty.
3.Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
- The soup is a bit too salty.
- The soup is too salty.
1.To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution.
- By 6 pm Beau and I are back at the paper, souping the film, when Woody rushes into the room.
- "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."
2.Alternative form of sup (“to sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon”).
3.To feed: to provide with soup or a meal.
- She cooked huge stock pots and souped her dogs once a day.
- "I was so mad, I let him wait half an hour to-night before I souped him."
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3437
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
The noun is 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 sop and zuppa. See also sup and supper.
The verb is from the noun.