soup
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- A serving of such a dish, typically in a bowl.
- The liquid part of such a dish; the broth.
- Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
- Thick fog or cloud (also pea soup).
- Nitroglycerine or gelignite, especially when used for safe-cracking.
- Dope or cocaine.
- Processing chemicals into which film is dipped, such as developer.
- A liquid or gelatinous substrate, especially the mixture of organic compounds that is believed to have played a role in the origin of life on Earth.
- An unfortunate situation; trouble, problems (a fix, a mess); chaos.
- The foamy portion of a wave.
- Any random starting pattern, typically studied to see what sorts of resultant more stable patterns emerge when evolved over subsequent generations.
verb
- To feed: to provide with soup or a meal.
- To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution.
- To proselytize by feeding the impoverished as long as they listen to one's preaching.
verb
- Alternative form of sup (“to sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon”).
noun
- Alternative form of sup (“a sip; a small amount of food or drink”).
verb
- To sweep.
verb
- Rare form of sup (“to take supper”).
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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.
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