Hypertext Webster Gateway: "soup"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soup \Soup\, v. t.
To breathe out. [Obs.] --amden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soup \Soup\, v. t.
To sweep. See {Sweep}, and {Swoop}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soup \Soup\, n. [F. soupe, OF. sope, supe, soupe, perhaps
originally, a piece of bread; probably of Teutonic origin;
cf. D. sop sop, G. suppe soup. See {Sop} something dipped in
a liquid, and cf. {Supper}.]
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.
{Soup kitchen}, an establishment for preparing and supplying
soup to the poor.
{Soup ticket}, a ticket conferring the privilege of receiving
soup at a soup kitchen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soup \Soup\, v. t.
To sup or swallow. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
soup
n 1: liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock
often containing pieces of solid food
2: (informal) any composition having a consistency suggestive
of soup
3: (informal) an unfortunate situation; "we're in the soup now"
v : dope a racehorse
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