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Soup has 10 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food

"After a long hike, I sat down to enjoy a steaming bowl of chicken soup filled with carrots and dumplings."

2

any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup

"The chef decided to serve the dish as a thick, savory purée rather than a traditional broth-based soup."

3

an unfortunate situation

"we're in the soup now"

4

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.

"She told me to go ahead and sup since I was too tired for soup, but I realized she meant 'sup' as an alternative spelling of 'soup'."

5

A serving of such a dish, typically in a bowl.

6

Alternative form of sup

In plain English: Soup is a hot liquid dish made by boiling vegetables, meat, or other ingredients together with water or broth.

"She made a delicious bowl of vegetable soup for dinner."

Usage: Soup is an uncountable noun when referring to the general category of liquid-based dishes but becomes countable when specifying individual servings, such as "a bowl of soup." Unlike similar liquids like broth or stock, which are often used primarily for cooking flavoring, soup typically implies a thicker consistency with solid ingredients mixed in.

Verb
1

dope (a racehorse)

"The trainer warned that if our horse was doping, he wouldn't last a minute in the soup against the top contenders."

2

To feed: to provide with soup or a meal.

"The chef instructed us not to blow on our soup before tasting it, as that would cool the broth too quickly and ruin its texture."

3

Alternative form of sup

4

To breathe out; to draw out.

In plain English: To soup something means to cut it into small pieces, usually with a knife.

"She decided to soup up her car with fresh oil and a new battery."

Example Sentences
"She made a delicious bowl of vegetable soup for dinner." noun
"I made a delicious bowl of tomato soup for dinner." noun
"The cold weather makes me want to drink hot soup every day." noun
"We ordered three different kinds of soup at the restaurant." noun
"She decided to soup up her car with fresh oil and a new battery." verb
Related Terms
food liquid broth chicken bowl hot liquid food meal stew noodle chicken noodle water vegetables liquid meal appetizer hot liquid watery noodles dinner eating
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
dish composition situation dope
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
soup du jour alphabet soup consomme bisque borsch broth chicken soup cock-a-leekie gazpacho gumbo julienne marmite mock turtle soup mulligatawny oxtail soup pea soup pepper pot petite marmite potage turtle soup eggdrop soup chowder won ton split-pea soup green pea soup lentil soup Scotch broth vichyssoise

Origin

The word soup comes from Old French, where it originally meant "sopped bread." It entered English through Late Latin before evolving to refer to a liquid dish with ingredients cooked in or added to broth.

Rhyming Words
loup doup coup roup stoup group froup croup recoup aggroup in soup ingroup e group regroup cogroup ungroup rmgroup degroup usegroup misgroup
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