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Webster 1913 Edition


Sup

Sup

(sŭp)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Supped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Supping
.]
[OE.
soupen
to drink, AS.
sūpan
; akin to D.
zuipen
, G.
saufen
, OHG.
sūfan
, Icel.
sūpa
, Sw.
supa
, Dan.
söbe
. Cf.
Sip
,
Sop
,
Soup
,
Supper
.]
To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip.
There I’ll
sup

Balm and nectar in my cup.
Crashaw.

Sup

,
Noun.
A small mouthful, as of liquor or broth; a little taken with the lips; a sip.
Tom Thumb had got a little
sup
.
Drayton.

Sup

,
Verb.
I.
[See
Supper
.]
To eat the evening meal; to take supper.
I do entreat that we may
sup
together.
Shakespeare

Sup

,
Verb.
T.
To treat with supper.
[Obs.]
Sup
them well and look unto them all.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Sup

SUP

,
Verb.
T.
To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip.
There I'll sup
Balm and nectar in my cup.

SUP

,
Verb.
I.
To eat the evening meal.
When they had supped,they brought Tobias in.

SUP

,
Verb.
T.
To treat with supper.
Sup them well. [Not in use.]

SUP

,
Noun.
A small mouthful, as of liquor or broth; a little taken with the lips; a sip.
Tom Thumb got a little sup.

Definition 2024


sup

sup

See also: SUP, súp, 'sup, sup., and Sup.

Translingual

Symbol

sup

  1. (mathematics) supremum

Synonyms

  • (in a lattice)

English

Verb

sup (third-person singular simple present sups, present participle supping, simple past and past participle supped)

  1. To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
    • Crashaw
      There I'll sup / Balm and nectar in my cup.

Noun

sup (plural sups)

  1. A sip; a small amount of food or drink.
    • 1936, George Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, chapter 8
      A long, long sup of beer flowed gratefully down his gullet.

Etymology 2

From Middle English soupen, suppen, Anglo-Norman super, from supe, soupe. More at soup.

Verb

sup (third-person singular simple present sups, present participle supping, simple past and past participle supped)

  1. To take supper.
    • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
      ...I propose we should have up the cold pie, and let him sup.
    • 1879, Bram Stoker, Dracula
      I pray you, be seated and sup how you please. You will, I trust, excuse me that I do not join you; but I have dined already, and I do not sup.

Etymology 3

aphetic form of what's up (How are you doing?)

Interjection

sup?

  1. (slang) what's up (either as a greeting or actual question).
    - Sup?
    - Not much.
Synonyms

Etymology 4

s- + up

Adjective

sup (not comparable)

  1. (physics) Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark.

Anagrams


Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsupa, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱupos (compare English hip, Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos) ‘vertebra, hollow before the hip (in cattle)’).

Noun

sup m (indefinite plural supe, definite singular supi)

  1. (anatomy) shoulder

Synonyms


Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch

Noun

sup

  1. soup

Interlingue

Noun

sup

  1. soup

Lojban

Rafsi

sup

  1. rafsi of su'e.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sǫpъ (vulture). Cognate with Polish sęp, Czech sup, Serbo-Croatian sȕp, and Russian сип (sip).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sup/

Noun

sup m

  1. vulture (bird)

Declension


Nabi

Noun

sup

  1. water

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English soup.

Noun

sup

  1. soup

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sǫpъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sûp/

Noun

sȕp m (Cyrillic spelling су̏п)

  1. vulture

Declension

References

  • sup” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sǫpъ.

Noun

sup m (genitive singular supa, nominative plural supy, declension pattern of dub)

  1. vulture

Declension

Usage notes

The usage of the 2nd declension pattern is limited to fairy tales and children stories.


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʉːp

Noun

sup c

  1. a mouthful of liquor (spirits)

Declension

Inflection of sup 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sup supen supar suparna
Genitive sups supens supars suparnas

Related terms

Synonyms

  • snaps
  • nubbe
  • hutt
  • rackabajsare
  • pilleknarkare

Verb

sup

  1. imperative of supa.

Volapük

Noun

sup (plural sups)

  1. soup

Declension