Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1.
liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food;
2.
any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup;
3.
an unfortunate situation;
- Example: "we're in the soup now"VERB (1)
1.
dope (a racehorse);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Soup \Soup\, v. t.
To sup or swallow. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Soup \Soup\, v. t.
To breathe out. [Obs.] --amden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Soup \Soup\, v. t.
To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
soup
n 1: liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock
often containing pieces of solid food
2: any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup
3: an unfortunate situation; "we're in the soup now"
v 1: dope (a racehorse)