Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A liquid food prepared from meat, fish, or vegetable stock combined with various other ingredients and often containing solid pieces.
- n. A liquid rich in organic compounds and providing favorable conditions for the emergence and growth of life forms: primordial soup.
- n. Slang Something having the appearance or a consistency suggestive of soup, especially:
- n. Slang Dense fog.
- n. Slang Nitroglycerine.
- n. A chaotic or unfortunate situation.
- soup up Slang To modify (something) so as to increase its capacity to perform or satisfy, especially to add horsepower or greater speed potential to (an engine or a vehicle).
- idiom. in the soup Slang Having difficulties; in trouble.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An obsolete or dialectal form of sup.
- n. In cookery, originally, a liquor with something soaked in it, as a sop of bread; now, a broth; a liquid dish served usually before fish or meat at dinner. The basis of most soups is stock; to this are added meat, vegetables, vermicelli, herbs, wine, seasoning, or whatever is chosen: as, cream soup; tomato soup; turtle soup. See julienne, purėe, soup-maigre.
- n. A kind of picnic in which a great pot of soup is the principal feature. Compare the like use of chowder.
- An obsolete form of soop, swoop.
Wiktionary
- n. 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.
- n. figuratively Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
- v. uncommon To feed: to provide with soup or a meal.
- v. To be in trouble or in difficulty (often passive--cf. in the soup).
- v. photography To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth.
- v. obsolete To sup or swallow.
- v. obsolete To breathe out.
- v. obsolete To sweep. See sweep, and swoop.
WordNet 3.0
- v. dope (a racehorse)
- n. an unfortunate situation
- n. any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup
- n. liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
Etymologies
- (1645) Middle French soupe, from Old French souppe, sope, from Late Latin suppa ("sopped bread"), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Middle Dutch sope ("broth"). See also sop. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English soupe, from Old French, of Germanic origin. Soup up, from soup, material injected into a horse to make it run faster (influenced by supercharge). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“This he found on inquiry was the soup-kettle of a corps of Janissaries, and always held in high respect; indeed, so distinguishing a characteristic of this body is their _soup_, that their colonel is called Tchorbadgé, or the distributor of soup.”
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 405, December 19, 1829
“The faint outline of the word soup ghosted across a sooty wall.”
“Ever get an SMS and have absolutely no idea what the acronym soup is supposed to impart?”
“One word of caution – this soup is a bit heavy on the onions so beware and pick up some mints if you have an after lunch meeting planned.”
“The essential ingredient in the soup is the squash, with each part of the plant being used.”
Squash vine soup with corn dumplings: Sopa de guias con chochoyones
“While the soup is at a slow simmer, add the cream and stir.”
“This tortilla soup is a simple but extremely flavorful broth, thickened by nothing except tomatoes.”
“But the soup is a pure demonstration of Tuscan simplicity and of the Tuscan love of beans and oil, and it can do without any garnish.”
“Dae Gu Maewoon Tang at Won Jo ($9.95 as lunch special) (32nd between Broadway and 5th) — The equivalent of Matzo Ball Soup as “Jewish Penicillin,” this soup is the Korean cure for a cold.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘soup’.
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Vendance Is Mine
Vot? Stuff dispensed from vending machines. Don't ask vhy.
p.s. Generic, no brand names please.bubblegum, soft drinks, cigarettes, coffee, muesli bars, phone cards, stale peanuts, chicken salad san..., cheeseburger, peanut butter coo..., an original work ..., amaretto-flavored... and 62 more...
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O.o
Things that give you a warm fuzzy sort of feeling.
crumpet, cream puff, bubbles, packed lunch, prezzies, stars, pillow, rain, old books, sheep, bikkie, lollipop and 41 more...
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I speak Warhol
Words that make me think of Andy Warhol, for whatever reason.
pop, gee, factory, superstar, screen test, silver, silkscreen, Sleep, soup, Marilyn Monroe, speed, voyeur and 23 more...
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Words that should be heard in songs m...
Inspired by PossibleUnderscore's list of words overused in modern pop music.
giant squid, bamboo, colonic, herbivore, raptor, dodecahedron, largesse, sinuses, dim sum, carburetor, transubstantiation, wife and 54 more...
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Recently sniffed
Don't worry. I won't judge you.
(Inspired by bilby's comment on book sniffer.)orange peel, wet dog, coffee, earthworms, nail polish, liquid soap, horseradish, chocolate, microwave popcorn, empanadas, chimichurri, bike and 39 more...
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Surprising four-letter words
I imagine most of these will be Anglo-Saxon, not likely to crop up in the average day's conversation, and thus excellent for Scrabble. ("most" is too common, likewise "will" and even "crop", in an...
blet, quim, clit, buff, sire, wiki, blog, loam, waft, heft, mare, lilt and 68 more...
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Unfortunately Necessary Words
Words we have to use all the time, but that doesn't mean they sound good. In fact, they kind of suck. See also this list.
milk, cheese, neck, teeth, moist, dry, skin, head, feet, mouth, frankly, hair and 97 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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Groceries
strawberries, baby spinach, black beans, cinnamon, oranges, apples, fstg multigrain t..., olive oil, simply orange juice, tomato sauce, wholly guacamole, salt sense and 115 more...
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Malachi_Constant's Words
triumverate, pandemic, parsnip, delineate, zamboni, parka, laser, swoop, malevolent, benevolent, fracas, tipsy and 372 more...
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spoon
being items relating to food, cooking and the kitchen.
spoon, fork, beef, slice, dozen, eggs, simmer, broil, salad, soup, stock, lard and 287 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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food
food, chef, spice, salt, sugar, pumpkin, apples, fruit, vegetable, savory, soup, sauce and 280 more...
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Delicious Words
The stuff that fit its descript. so well you can almost taste it on your tongue or feel the sting against your skin.
gurgle, grubby, tangy, bolt, spring, skid, shudder, thud, thump, spit, lush, pop and 91 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for soup.
lea Fierce and stupid all dogs are
and some worse. I learned this
early by walking to school
unarmed and unprepared
for big city life, which they
had been bred to for centuries.
The chow who barred my way
snarling through his black lips
taught me I was tiny and helpless
and that if he grew more determined
I could neither talk nor fight,
and my school books, my starred exams,
my hand-woven woolen mittens, a gift
of my grandmother, would fall
to the puddled sidewalk and
at best my cold sack of lunch
might buy me a few moments
to prepare my soul before I slept.
I inched by him, smelling the breath
hot and sour as old clothes.
He did nothing but rave, rising
toward me on his hind legs
and choking against the collar
which miraculously held. Later,
years later, delivering mail
on bicycle in the new California,
I was set on by a four-footted moron
who tore at my trousers even
as I [drummed small rocks off
his head]. I dreamed that head
became soup, and the small eyes stared
out into the bright dining room
of the world’s great dog lovers,
and they ate and wept by turns
while I pedaled through the quiet streets
bringing bad news and good to
the dogless citizenry of Palo Alto.
The shepherd dog without sleep
who guards the gates to sleep wakens
each night as my tiny boat
begins to drift out on the waters
of silence. He bays and bays
until the lights come on, and I
sit up sweating and alarmed, alone
in the bed I came to call home.
Now I am weary of fighting and carry
at all times small hard wafers
of dried essence of cat to purchase
a safe way among the fanged masters
of the avenues. If I must come back
to this world let me do so as the lion
of legend, but striped like an alley cat.
Let me saunter back the exact way
I came turning each corner to face
the barking hosts of earth until they
scurry for cover or try pathetically
to climb the very trees that earlier
they peed upon and shamed. Let their pads
slide upon the glassy trunks,
weight them down with exercise books,
sacks of postcards, junk mail, ads,
dirty magazines, give them three kids
in the public schools, hemorrhoids,
a tiny fading hope to rise above
the power of unleashed, famished animals
and postmasters, give them two big feet
and shoes that don’t fit, and dull work
five days a week. Give them my life.
Philip Levine Mar 6, 2009