From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
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 : dope (a racehorse)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Soup \Soup\, v. t.
To sup or swallow. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Soup \Soup\, v. t.
To breathe out. [Obs.] --amden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Soup \Soup\, v. t.
To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop. [Obs.]
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