soup

Meaning

Noun

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 flavor and texture.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. (slang) Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
5. (slang) Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
6. Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
7. Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
8. Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
9. (informal) Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
10. Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
11. Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.

Verb

1. To feed: to provide with soup or a meal.
2. To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution.
3. (obsolete) 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”).

Verb

To sweep.

Verb

Rare form of sup (“to take supper”).

Synonyms

broth

stew

🍲

gravy

sauce

juice

porridge

stock

bouillon

pottage

curry

🍛

consomme

vegetable soup

thick soup

gruel

pudding

sap

soupe

slop

Korean fish stew

pot stew

marmite

fish

🐟

water

🚰

bree

mildly seasoned soup

pease-soup

monobel

bisque

nitro-glycerol

boiling

consommé

drinking water

fish soup

hot water

kind of

liquid

mixture

nitroglycerin

nitroglycerine

pastry

petrol

pickle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/suːp/

Etymology

Wikiquote
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 zuppa. See also sop and supper.
The verb is from the noun.